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105940

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	date	03/11/2014
	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	British Overseas Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Overseas Territories have established exclusive economic zones.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Two British Overseas Territories, Pitcairn and Bermuda, have exclusive economic zones. Eleven British Overseas Territories have fisheries or other zones beyond the territorial sea, namely the British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands all have fisheries or other zones.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:16:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105941

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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	Territorial Waters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to declare a contiguous zone around the coastline of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to declare a contiguous zone. A working group of government officials, led by the National Crime Agency, will meet in December to start considering the case for introducing the domestic powers which would be required before any contiguous zone could be enforced.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 11:17:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105943

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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	Arctic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the militarisation of the Arctic; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preserving the stability and security of the Arctic and works with others through a wide range of defence engagement and bilateral security cooperation initiatives. Whilst decisions on military presence in the Arctic are primarily the responsibility of the eight Arctic States, of whom five are NATO members, the UK advocates that any military presence should reflect the overwhelmingly peaceful position and needs of the region.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/11/2014 16:25:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching