Antarctic Mineral Exploitation Moratorium

EDM number 651 in 1990-91, proposed by Richard Luce on 25/03/1991.

That this House, conscious of the dangers posed to the Antarctic Treaty System by present disagreement among its Member States on how the mineral issue should be handled, warmly welcomes the British Government's proposal for a moratorium on minerals prospecting and exploitation activities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.