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Information between 25th December 2023 - 13th April 2024

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Select Committee Documents
Monday 18th March 2024 Oral Evidence - British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) The UK and the Antarctic Environment - Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: It is important in the polar regions.
Monday 18th March 2024 Oral Evidence - British Antarctic Survey, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), Department of Geography, Durham University, and Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge The UK and the Antarctic Environment - Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: It is important in the polar regions.
Monday 26th February 2024 Oral Evidence - Plimsoll Productions, and BBC Studios The Natural History Unit The UK and the Antarctic Environment - Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: the six, plus some sequences in our opening show and our final film, which is about science in the polar
Monday 26th February 2024 Oral Evidence - Noble Caledonia Ltd, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, University of Surrey, and International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) The UK and the Antarctic Environment - Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: the six, plus some sequences in our opening show and our final film, which is about science in the polar
Monday 19th February 2024 Formal Minutes - Finance Committee Formal Minutes 2022–23 Finance Committee (Commons) Found: (Registered 21 April 2022) Name of donor: APPG for the Polar Regions Address of donor: House of
Monday 5th February 2024 Oral Evidence - SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), and WWF UK The UK and the Antarctic Environment - Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: I am also professor of geopolitics and have specialised in the polar regions for the last 30 years
Monday 5th February 2024 Oral Evidence - Royal Holloway, University of London, University of Bristol, and Alfred Wegener Institute The UK and the Antarctic Environment - Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: I am also professor of geopolitics and have specialised in the polar regions for the last 30 years
Friday 26th January 2024 Government Response - Government Response to the International Relations and Defence Committee’s Report ‘Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic’ International Relations and Defence Committee Found: regions.
Thursday 28th December 2023 Special Report - Second Special Report - The UK and the Arctic Environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2022–23 Environmental Audit Committee Found: A Minister for the Polar Regions has been established within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
Thursday 28th December 2023 Special Report - Second Special Report - The UK and the Arctic Environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2022–23 Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: A Minister for the Polar Regions has been established within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

Written Answers
Shipping: Arctic Asked by: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 21st March 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean as new shipping lanes become accessible as a result of climate change. Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) His Majesty’s Government does not directly monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean. However, ships transiting these waters will be monitored by those States that have Search and Rescue (SAR) responsibilities in the region. With regards the safety of British ships in Arctic waters, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) came into force 1 January 2017 and requires ships operating in the Polar regions to meet enhanced safety standards which reflect the additional risks associated with those regions. The UK applies these standards through a survey and certification regime to ensure that safety standards are met and that ships operating in polar regions apply the additional safety considerations that are considered necessary.

Written Answers

Shipping: Arctic
Asked by: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 21st March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean as new shipping lanes become accessible as a result of climate change.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

His Majesty’s Government does not directly monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean. However, ships transiting these waters will be monitored by those States that have Search and Rescue (SAR) responsibilities in the region.

With regards the safety of British ships in Arctic waters, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) came into force 1 January 2017 and requires ships operating in the Polar regions to meet enhanced safety standards which reflect the additional risks associated with those regions. The UK applies these standards through a survey and certification regime to ensure that safety standards are met and that ships operating in polar regions apply the additional safety considerations that are considered necessary.

Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 11th April 2024 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: UK reaffirms commitment to Arctic security and prosperity Document: UK reaffirms commitment to Arctic security and prosperity (webpage) Found: In his first trip to the northern-most US state, David Rutley, who is also the UK’s Minister for the Polar
Friday 1st March 2024 Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: Minister for the Polar Regions on UK's Arctic Policy Framework Document: Minister for the Polar Regions on UK's Arctic Policy Framework (webpage) Found: Minister for the Polar Regions on UK's Arctic Policy Framework

Department Publications - Guidance
Thursday 21st March 2024 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023 Document: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023 (PDF) Found: Such strong regional changes are often most pronounced in the polar regions due to positive ice -albedo

Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Mar. 28 2024 Maritime and Coastguard Agency Source Page: Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (COSWP) 2024 Document: COSWP 2024 Edition (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: 3.13.1 The bright light from the sun reflecting off the surface of a calm sea or from ice caps in the polar

Polar Regions mentioned in Scottish results

Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 13th March 2024 External Affairs Directorate Source Page: Minister for Energy attendance at the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik in October 2023: FOI release Document: FOI 202300381920 - Information Released - Documents (PDF) Found: externals) Restaurant tbc on the ground tbc on the ground [For info] 20:15 [REDACTED] attending APPG Polar