Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic action the Government has taken to discourage the deliberate destruction of satellites in orbit where this generates persistent debris and increases collision risks to other space operators.

The Government recognises the risks to the safe and sustainable use of space from the deliberate destruction of satellites. We work closely with international partners to encourage restraint in debris-generating anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing, including through support for UN General Assembly Resolution 77/41, which calls on States to commit not to conduct such tests, and at the UN Open-Ended Working Group on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space.