Recommendation 20

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Business and Trade should apply diplomatic and economic pressure to press for adequate investigations from flag states and states where vessels suspected of cable damage enter port. The Government should also work with partners, particularly the International Maritime Organization, to make greater use of port state controls as a deterrent—for example by expanding mechanisms to share data on vessels’ behaviour at sea and ensuring these are then thoroughly integrated into port inspections. (Recommendation, Paragraph 123) 65 Military and monitoring responses