British Overseas Territories: Biodiversity

(asked on 18th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans the Government has made to secure funding for the UK Overseas Territories for environmental projects in the event that EU funding instruments like LIFE and BEST are not replaced.


Answered by
Alan Duncan Portrait
Alan Duncan
This question was answered on 26th April 2018

​The Government is committed to involving all the UK Overseas Territories in our EU exit planning and to ensuring that their interests are taken into account fully and consistently. We are currently working collaboratively to determine the effect of EU exit on the Overseas Territories in a range of scenarios, and to develop a range of contingency measures. This work includes the question of access to, or possible replacements for, funding instruments such as EU LIFE and BEST. Although definitive decisions on access to or replacements for these funding mechanisms have not yet been taken, the UK Government takes seriously its joint responsibility with the Overseas Territory Governments to safeguard the rich and varied natural environments of the Overseas Territories, which will remain a steadfast priority as we leave the EU.

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