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Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

Commons · Question 38556 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to ensure that underwater fibreoptic cables in the (a) Mediterranean, (b) North Sea and (c) Baltic Sea are strengthened to help

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 26 Mar 2025

The UK regularly engages international partners and industry on strengthening the resilience of subsea infrastructure, including from potential sabotage. We work closely with NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Allies to address threats, which has re...

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