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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-06-08more like thismore than 2016-06-08
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 remove filter
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Marine Protected Areas more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on supporting the establishment of marine protected areas in the high seas. more like this
tabling member constituency Richmond Park more like this
tabling member printed
Zac Goldsmith more like this
uin 39961 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-14more like thismore than 2016-06-14
answer text <p>The UK led negotiations within the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources which resulted in the establishment of the world’s first high-seas Marine Protected Area (within the Antarctic Treaty area) and supports the establishment of further Marine Protected Areas within the area covered by the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The UK is also a leading member of the OSPAR Commission which has designated seven Marine Protected Areas in the high seas of the North-East Atlantic and works closely with other regional and international organisations to manage these.</p><p>The UK supports, and is fully engaged, in the work at the United Nations seeking an agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity and the need to establish a mechanism to deliver marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East more like this
answering member printed James Duddridge more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-06-14T14:59:08.357Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-14T14:59:08.357Z
answering member
1559
label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge more like this
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3466
answering member constituency Bournemouth East more like this
answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
answering member 1487
tabling member
4062
label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park more like this