Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 23
23
Deferred
Paragraph: 75
Government has deprioritised Global Ocean Treaty ratification despite SIDS strategy focus.
Conclusion
Given that the UK SIDS Strategy sets out “Ocean and Biodiversity” as an area of focus, it is concerning that the Government has ostensibly deprioritised the ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty by failing to designate the Parliamentary time necessary to pass the prerequisite legislation in this Parliament.
Government Response Summary
The government did not address the recommendation regarding the Global Ocean Treaty, instead committing to ensuring 80% of bilateral aid programmes with SIDS focus on gender by 2030, supporting SIDS in collecting gender-disaggregated data, and making gender equality an explicit investment criterion for the Blue Planet Fund.
Paragraph Reference:
75
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
a. ensure that the FCDO’s bilateral aid programmes with SIDS, as well as centrally managed programmes, are on track to meet the commitment, outlined in the White Paper, that 80% of bilateral aid programmes have a focus on gender by 2030; b. support SIDS in collecting gender-disaggregated data to map the differential impact of development challenges and policy interventions on women and girls; c. make the promotion of gender equality an explicit, discrete investment criterion of the Blue Planet Fund.