10 1 0 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2018-11-12T12:16:33.56Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-11-12 Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan <p>The UK remains fully committed to conserving the marine environment around Antarctica, in line with the objectives of the Antarctic Treaty and the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). We have been working hard with our international partners to establish a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and gain agreement for MPAs in East Antarctica, the Weddell Sea and around the Antarctic Peninsula. It is not in our gift to implement the MPA unilaterally. It is subject to an international treaty. At the recent CCAMLR annual meeting, which concluded on 2 November 2018, these proposals were rejected by Russia and China. We remain committed to working with all CCAMLR Members to seek consensus at next year's meeting.</p> 1 House of Commons 187344 Dr Matthew Offord 2018-11-02 Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas Foreign and Commonwealth Office To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in securing support for a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea. Hendon 16 Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord false To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to advance proposals to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary in the Weddell Sea, following the failure to reach an agreement on such proposals at the meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in autumn 2018. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16 1 2019-02-27T16:11:31.12Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2019-02-27 <p>The UK remains engaged with a range of developments to help secure early adoption of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea. British scientists are participating in scientific expeditions to the Weddell Sea during this Antarctic season, and in a series of international scientific workshops and meetings, to further develop the scientific case for the MPA proposal. The UK is also continuing to engage with counterparts from other Member States in the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources to find a way to move forward on this, and other outstanding, MPA proposals.</p> York Outer 2019-02-19 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Julian Sturdy 223125 false Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas Biography information for Julian Sturdy Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office Biography information for Helen Goodman 2017-11-07T17:38:54.633Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2017-11-07 <p>The UK continues to support the establishment of Marine Protected Areas within the area covered by the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR - which is part of the Antarctic Treaty system) The UK supports, and is fully engaged in, developing proposals for a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea. UK scientists are leading the proposal development through an expert workshop in the coming months, with the finalised proposal to be tabled at the next annual CCAMLR meeting for discussion and adoption.</p> Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16 Helen Goodman 2017-11-02 Bishop Auckland 1 false To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea through the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas 111167 16 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a proposed Marine Protected Area for East Antarctica is implemented. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 111166 2017-11-02 Helen Goodman false Bishop Auckland 2017-11-07T17:37:51.007Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2017-11-07 <p>The UK continues to support the establishment of Marine Protected Areas within the area covered by the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR - which is part of the Antarctic Treaty system). The UK supports, and is fully engaged in, developing proposals for a Marine Protected Area in East Antarctica, which will be presented at the next annual CCAMLR meeting for discussion and adoption.</p> Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas Cardiff Central false 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2018-06-19 Foreign and Commonwealth Office To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on encouraging other members of the Antarctic Commission to accept an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary in the Weddell Sea. 2018-06-25T14:33:56.623Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-06-25 <p>The UK is a proactive member of the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and is committed to establishing a representative network of marine protected areas around Antarctica. The UK is a co-proponent of the proposal to establish a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea, which was submitted by the European Union and its Member States to the annual meeting of the CCAMLR in 2016. UK scientists continue to lead on the development of the proposal, chairing an expert workshop earlier in the year. The finalised proposal will be tabled for adoption at the next annual CCAMLR meeting in October 2018. The UK will continue to work with other CCAMLR Members to secure agreement to the Weddell Sea MPA proposal, and further MPA proposals around East Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula.</p> Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas Biography information for Jo Stevens Foreign and Commonwealth Office Jo Stevens 155315 16 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2018-07-02T16:06:07.037Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-07-02 <p>The UK is a leading advocate for marine protection across the Southern Ocean. The UK secured agreement for the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) designated by the international Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and we strongly supported the Ross Sea region MPA, which was agreed in 2016. The UK is a co-proponent for MPA proposals in the Weddell Sea and in East Antarctica, both of which will be presented to the next CCAMLR meeting in October for adoption. We are also playing a leading role in developing an MPA proposal for the Antarctic Peninsula.</p><p>The Blue Belt initiative is primarily focused on British waters around the UK Overseas Territories and we remain committed to protecting 4m square kilometres of UK waters by 2020. South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands and the British Antarctic Territory both fall within the CCAMLR Convention Area, and the UK therefore works within CCAMLR to underpin protection measures implemented within our own waters.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in establishing the largest marine sanctuaries in the southern oceans; and whether those marine sanctuaries remain one of the primary goals of his Department’s Blue Belt policy. false 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Penistone and Stocksbridge Foreign and Commonwealth Office Angela Smith 156620 Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas 2018-06-22 16 Biography information for Angela Smith Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hornsey and Wood Green 2018-07-03T16:05:41.95Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-07-03 <p>​Ocean protection issues have been a key point of discussion among Ministers at recent G7 and G20 meetings. The Weddell Sea Marine Protected Area proposal is currently being finalised by those European Union Member States who are also Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and international consultations are underway at official and technical levels. The final proposal will be submitted to CCAMLR in September, when we will work with other EU members to consider the most appropriate level of lobbying.</p> 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the establishment of an international marine protected area in the Weddell Sea. Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas 16 false Biography information for Catherine West Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office Catherine West 158308 2018-06-27 Kerry McCarthy Foreign and Commonwealth Office Biography information for Kerry McCarthy Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas false Bristol East 16 1 2018-06-27 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2018-07-02T16:02:10.087Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-07-02 <p>​Issues pertaining to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources are covered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Polar Regions Department, which currently has 6.5 full-time equivalent permanent staff. This team is also supported on the development of the Weddell Sea Marine Protection Area proposal by FCO Legal Advisers and scientific and technical experts from the British Antarctic Survey and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent permanent staff in his Department are allocated to working on negotiations towards securing an agreement on the proposal to establish a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea at the next annual meeting of the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 158185 false 2018-06-28 2018-07-06T14:05:16.563Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-07-06 <p>The Weddell Sea Marine Protected Area proposal is currently being finalised by those European Union Member States who are also Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and international consultations are underway at official and technical levels. The final proposal will be submitted to CCAMLR in September, when the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will seek support from his counterparts in other CCAMLR States, in support of other anticipated high level lobbying by the EU and other Member States.</p> Foreign and Commonwealth Office 158804 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 Crewe and Nantwich Foreign and Commonwealth Office Biography information for Laura Smith Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas Laura Smith To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts on the Antarctic Commission on the establishment of a marine protected area in the Weddell Sea. 16 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2018-07-02 Bridgend false To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to (a) Russia, (b) China, (c) Norway and (d) South Korea on establishing a Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea. 16 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mrs Madeleine Moon 2018-07-10T15:44:18.07Z Rutland and Melton Sir Alan Duncan false 2018-07-10 <p>​The Weddell Sea Marine Protected Area proposal is currently being finalised by those European Union Member States who are also Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). International consultations are underway at official and technical levels with CCAMLR Members including those from Russia, China, Norway and the Republic of Korea. The final proposal will be submitted to CCAMLR in September, when we will work with other EU Members to consider the most appropriate level of lobbying to secure agreement for the proposal.</p> 159534 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon 1 Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas 23