South China Sea: Shipping
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to defend freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
Answered by Ministry of Defence
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.
Most recently, HMS TAMAR carried out Freedom of Navigation activity alongside the Royal Australian Navy on 1 September 2026 in the South China Sea.
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