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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-04-05more like thismore than 2017-04-05
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
hansard heading RRS James Cook more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the RRS James Cook has been operating in the coastal waters of the Western Sahara; what was the nature of its research; and what instruments it deployed. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Steel of Aikwood more like this
uin HL6696 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-20more like thismore than 2017-04-20
answer text <p>The RRS James Cook is part of the Government funded national sustained observational programme called RAPID. This long-term programme’s aim is to monitor the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) in the North Atlantic at the latitude of 26 degrees north. The MOC determines the Atlantic ocean’s transport of heat, freshwater, carbon, and other environmental properties. It is central to understanding the role of the thermohaline circulation in global climate change. The RRS James Cook recovered and redeployed a number of oceanographic moorings fitted with conductivity and temperature sensors, which were distributed at a range of depths on moorings.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-04-20T15:12:40.507Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-20T15:12:40.507Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood more like this