Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 69209
Deep Sea Mining
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Barry Gardiner
Labour — Brent 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 WestThe 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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