A question on #DeepSeaMining tabled by Ellie Chowns on 20-05-2025 has been answered by Catherine West.

Heading: Deep Sea Mining
Question ID: 1804672
UIN: 53744
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-20
Asking Member ID: 5249
Asking Member display name: Ellie Chowns
Asking Member handle: EllieChowns
Asking Member Twitter reference: @EllieChowns
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US President's Executive Order entitled Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and
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Date answered: 2025-06-02
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Answering Member ID: 4523
Answering Member display name: Catherine West
Answering Member handle: catherinewest1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @catherinewest1
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Answer text: The Government notes the US Executive Order on 'Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources'. The UK is a party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and is committed to the continued work of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tweeted: true