South China Sea: Shipping
Commons · Question 26894 · Tabled 3 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to defend freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 8 Sep 2026
The UK is committed to international law, the primacy of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and to freedom of navigation and overflight. We raise the importance of Freedom of Navigation regularly in bilateral and multilateral engagements. M...