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Written Question
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Antarctica
Thursday 21st December 2023

Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for what reason the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Americas, Caribbean and the Overseas Territories) visited Antarctica.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I [Minister Rutley] have not visited Antarctica yet but will travel to the region at the end of December 2023. During the visit, I will see first-hand the impact of climate change on this unique environment. I will also have the opportunity to observe the world-class scientific work of the British Antarctic Survey. As the Minister with responsibility for the Polar Regions, the visit will also provide an opportunity to support and thank those who work in Antarctica for extended periods. This will be the first visit to Antarctica by an FCO/FCDO Minister since 2001.

Select Committee
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM)
 ANT0021 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Written Evidence Dec. 05 2023

Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: ANT0021 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) Written

Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) metropolis and the metropolitan elite—but this issue runs across parties, across classes and across regions - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) Africa, but I remind colleagues—I pay tribute to the campaign by the Daily Express on this—that other regions - Speech Link
3: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) claiming that we are being racist against the Canadians because we choose not to import endangered polar - Speech Link
4: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham) I have not heard anyone say we are being racist to Canadians by not wanting polar bears to be imported - Speech Link

Select Committee
David Rutley MP (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), regarding evidence for the Committee's inquiry on the Arctic, dated 23 October 2023

Correspondence Nov. 06 2023

Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: resignation in June, I was initially given interim responsibility for the Overseas Territories and Polar

Select Committee
The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands
 ANT0026 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Written Evidence Dec. 05 2023

Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: SANDWICH ISLANDS TO THE CALL FOR EVIDENCE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE SUB-COMMITTEE ON POLAR

Select Committee
Royal Holloway University of London
 ANT0003 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Written Evidence Dec. 05 2023

Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: Regions. 1 An example of my work published on the blog of BAS includes: https://www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost

Select Committee
Letter from the Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology regarding questions raised at 'The UK and the Arctic Environment' evidence session of 4 September 2023, dated 16 October 2023

Correspondence Dec. 05 2023

Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: W: www.gov.uk/dsit Rt Hon James Gray MP Chair, Environmental Audit Sub -Committee on Polar

Select Committee
University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia, and University of East Anglia
 ANT0013 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Written Evidence Dec. 05 2023

Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: Contributors: Ian Renfrew – Professor of Meteorology; SG member WMO Polar Prediction Project Dorothee

Select Committee
Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
 SOT0082 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century

Written Evidence Dec. 05 2023

Inquiry: The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Our main interlocutor, unlike most other Overseas Territories, is the Polar Regions team of the

Select Committee
School of Geography, University of Leeds, School of Geography, University of Leeds, School of Geography, University of Leeds, School of Geography, University of Leeds, School of Geography, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, and School of Geography, University of Leeds
 ANT0006 - The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Written Evidence Dec. 05 2023

Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic Environment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: mass loss from Antarctica increases the risk of frequent and severe flooding in the UK’s coastal regions