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523953

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	39961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 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> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 14:59:08 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge previous answer version 3466 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

523954

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	British Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which departmental budget is supporting the Government's blue belt policy to protect marine biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	39962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The delivery of the UK Overseas Territories Blue-Belt policy is a cross-Government initiative and as such will receive cross-departmental funding.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 15:20:35 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

523957

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	British Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department plans to publish a strategy for its blue belt policy to protect marine biodiversity in British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	40037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The overarching policy framework is currently being developed by Government in consultation with the UK Overseas Territories, with the objective of delivering a demonstrable increase in the protection of marine biodiversity. The UK Overseas Territories are constitutionally responsible for the conservation of their natural environments and as such will develop bespoke solutions, where necessary, to implement this policy.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 15:21:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

523958

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	St Helena: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has extended to the British Overseas Territories of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha the (a) International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969, (b) 1992 Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, (c) 2010 Protocol to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, (d) International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage 2001, (e) International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation 1990 and (f) 1997 Protocol to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	40036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Only the 1992 Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage has been extended to St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Information on all treaties that have been extended to the UK Overseas Territories can be found at: <a href="http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 15:19:55 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

524074

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	St Helena: Fisheries
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 his Department is taking to ensure that Government aid to the fishing sector on St Helena supports pole and line fishing methods.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	40039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>UK Government support has helped the St Helena Fisheries Cooperation become a member of the International Pole and Line Foundation and the Earth Island Institute’s Dolphin Safe Tuna Monitoring Programme.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 15:22:05 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park