§ 30. Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress towards the establishment of a secretariat for the Antarctic treaty. [12373]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorThe issue was taken forward at a meeting of legal experts in Brussels in November when organisational aspects of an Antarctic treaty secretariat were discussed. Discussions continue among treaty consultative parties about the siting of the secretariat.