Antarctica (Hansard, 10 June 1992)

§ Mr. Martyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Government's policy on the United Kingdom's abandoned bases in Antarctica.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
The Government are fully committed to implementation of the environmental protocol to the Antarctic treaty.
The British Antarctic survey is already implementing fully the provisions of the protocol. It has undertaken a survey of all accessible abandoned United Kingdom bases in Antarctica. A programme either to remove the bases, or to retain some as emergency refuges or historic sites is in preparation.
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§ Mr. Dafis
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to support the new international instrument negotiated for conservation of Antarctica.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
The Government are fully committed to implementation of the environmental protocol to the Antarctic treaty.