Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 69209

Deep Sea Mining

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Barry Gardiner

LabourBrent West

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance he has issued to the UK delegation to the International Seabed Authority about the establishment of a global moratorium on deep sea mining following recent lega

Answer

Catherine West
The UK supports a moratorium on the granting of exploitation contracts for deep sea mining projects by the International Seabed Authority (ISA). We will not sponsor or support the issuing of any such exploitation contracts for deep sea mining by the ISA u...

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