{"value":{"id":1755047,"askingMemberId":4988,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-27T00:00:00","uin":"HL3995","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to defend UK interests in the Arctic and High North regions.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3972,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-30T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is actively promoting the UK's interests in the Arctic and High North. in my recent visit to Norway and Iceland, including to the Arctic Circle Assembly, I set out the Government's commitment to a secure, stable, and sustainable region that protects our longstanding and enduring interests, guided by the UK's Arctic Policy Framework. I also met with representatives of Arctic States and Indigenous People to discuss shared challenges and opportunities to deepen collaboration. I have established a cross-Government Ministerial Group on the Polar Regions to help co-ordinate and deliver UK policy. I regularly engage with counterparts from across the Arctic region to discuss our shared commitments on security, defence, science, climate change and nature.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Arctic","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1755047","method":"GET"}]}