Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken, or intend to take, to work with international partners to develop an effective legal environment to regulate activity in space, in view of the rapid expansion in space innovation, exploration and investment.

The UK is an active participant at the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which oversees implementation of the UN treaties and conventions that form international space law and are the basis of the United Kingdom’s domestic legislation and regulatory regime.

The Space Industry Act 2018, under which we are currently developing secondary legislation and regulatory guidance, requires the regulator to take account of international obligations. We are engaging with a wide range of international partners in this process.