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date	18/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Antarctic: Krill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to collaborate with other countries to seek to (1) control, and (2) conduct research into, the commercial fishing of krill close to the edge of the Antarctic ice sheet.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL9645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2018 answer text <p>​The UK has been proactive within the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to strengthen the regulation of krill fishing around Antarctica. The British Antarctic Survey has led on a range of relevant scientific activities, including with international partners, to determine the abundance of krill, the factors that influence it's distribution, and the crucial role that krill plays in the Antarctic ecosystem. Work also includes studies to explore the overlap between fishing vessels and krill-eating seabirds and marine mammals, and the risks to these predators. The UK has proposed to CCAMLR that krill fishing activities should be moved offshore to avoid any potential overlap with the foraging areas of breeding wildlife. The UK has therefore welcomed the recent announcement by the Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Operators (ARK) to voluntarily implement such measures. The UK also recently secured agreement by CCAMLR to protect marine areas that are newly exposed by ice shelf collapse or retreat around the Antarctic Peninsula.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/08/2018 12:11:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

714933

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	G20
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the non-inclusion in the recent G20 communiqué of any reference to climate change, what measures they will take to ensure that a report on progress on climate change will be included in the final communiqué issued by future G20 meetings.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL6420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2017 answer text <p>The G20 Finance Ministers’ communiqué was the result of negotiation between all G20 members and invited organisations, and is one in a series of statements being issued by G20 members this year. The UK remains firmly committed to taking action to tackle climate change and to the Paris Agreement. We will continue to engage in G20 discussions in the lead up to the G20 Leaders’ Summit on 8 July.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/04/2017 14:47:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

598135

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date	10/10/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Foreign Secretary's recent description of the EU's position on access to the single market and free movement as "complete baloney", what guidance they issue to Ministers about the appropriate terms of discourse in describing foreign governments and international organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL2164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As we leave the EU, the Government wants to give British companies the maximum freedom to trade and operate in the Single Market. Ministers are clear about this objective, and are able to draw on a wide range of expertise within the FCO and across Government, to help achieve it.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/10/2016 14:09:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

100931

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance the United Kingdom and the European Union are providing to Ukrainian scientific institutions that have been adversely affected by the recent political instability in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL2399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK and EU are providing support to scientific institutions in Ukraine in several areas though not as a consequence of recent political instability. The Royal Society is currently funding, through its Department of Business Innovation and Skills grant, two international exchanges involving Ukrainian scientists worth £24,000.</p><p>The British Council has awarded grants of up to £5000 to support the development of partnerships between Ukrainian and UK higher education institutions in 2014-15. Priority was given to applications focussed on energy. The partnerships include:</p><p>Keele University - V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ecology Department; <br>University of Manchester - Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas; <br>Energy Institute, University College London - V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Physics and Energy; <br>Aberystwyth University - Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Department of Geology; <br>Durham University - V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Chemistry.</p><p>The EU’s Horizon 2020 programme is funding several projects in Ukraine, such as BILAT-UKR*AINA which supports science and technology policy dialogue between the Commission, EU Member States and Ukraine. The EU Delegation in Ukraine provides funding for a number of projects in areas such as energy, environment and the sustainable management of natural resources. In addition, Ukraine is a partner country to the Erasmus+ programme, and therefore has automatic access to a number of Erasmus+ activities in the area of youth and higher education, financed through EU external and internal funds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/11/2014 17:47:27 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton