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Recommendation 24

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Set clear timeline for introducing legislation to ratify Global Oceans Treaty by September 2025.

Recommendation
We urge the Government to set a clear timeline for introducing the necessary primary legislation to ratify the Global Oceans / High Seas Treaty to send a clear signal of prioritising global marine protection. The timeline for ratifying this should be published within a month of this report and the treaty should be ratified no later than 20 September 2025, two years after the UK signed it. (Recommendation, Paragraph 88) 53
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 September 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗