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Select Committee
Highlands and Islands Enterprise, SaxaVord Spaceport, and Orbex

Oral Evidence Jan. 08 2024

Inquiry: Scotland's space sector
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: If you want to go into a polar orbit, you do not want Earth spin.

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
External Affairs Directorate

Jan. 03 2024

Source Page: Angus Robertson’s attendance of the Arctic Frontiers conference: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300342130 - Briefing (PDF)

Found: Who Hong Young -ki – Ambassador for Polar Affairs, South Korea As well as Ambassador for Polar Affairs

Select Committee
Second Special Report - The UK and the Arctic Environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2022–23

Special Report Dec. 28 2023

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: A Minister for the Polar Regions has been established within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

Select Committee
Second Special Report - The UK and the Arctic Environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2022–23

Special Report Dec. 28 2023

Committee: Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Found: A Minister for the Polar Regions has been established within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

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
Queen Mary University of London, and RUSI
 MENA0008 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The Middle East therefore has moved from bipolar to multi-polar, with powerful regional actors pursuing

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Constitution Directorate

Dec. 16 2023

Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300344494 - Information release (PDF)

Found: More than 1,000 dead puffins have been discovered on the shores of the Canary Islands and the regions

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Environment Agency

Dec. 14 2023

Source Page: Options for air quality research: monitoring, modelling and integration
Document: Options for air quality research - monitoring, modelling and integration: report (PDF)

Found: Whil e the on-board equipment is comparable to satellites in polar orbit, the MTG satellite s will have

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Valuation Office Agency

Dec. 07 2023

Source Page: Valuation Office Agency annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: Valuation Office Agency annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: each region should reflect the local Civil Service workforce size  2022-23 Performance Over 90% of regions

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