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date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Deep Sea Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to consult relevant stakeholders on deep-sea mining polices.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	171342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s approach is both precautionary and conditional. As a responsible international actor and Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the UK is fully engaged in the negotiations underway at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and will work closely with partners who are committed to ensuring the highest environmental standards are embedded in the Regulatory framework of the ISA.</p><p> </p><p>We would engage in public consultation ahead of making a decision to issue any UK-sponsored deep sea mining exploitation licence.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/03/2023 13:35:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 65490 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is he taking to improve access to the civil courts for people with limited financial means.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	171342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to ensure access to justice. This is a responsibility that we take very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>Our fee remission scheme, Help with Fees, is a crucial element of our fees strategy. We are considering whether the scheme needs to be adapted following the <em>Unison</em> judgment.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring how to ensure access to justice whilst protecting the Department’s finances. To that end, we are conducting a review of how we charge fees in light of <em>Unison</em> and will publish further details on our proposed approach in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are also currently conducting a review of the current legal aid scheme set out under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). This review is due to be published by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/09/2018 16:04:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris