United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL12871
Satellites: Regulation
Introduced
11 December 2025
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23 December 2025 · Answer
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23 December 2025
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to ensure low Earth orbit is treated as a commons for all humankind to share, with proper oversight and regulation, including to address the issue of light pollution affecting scientific resear
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11 December 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to ensure low Earth orbit is treated as a commons for all humankind to share, with proper oversight and regulation, including to address the issue of light pollution affecting scientific resear
Source: Lords
23 December 2025
Answer
The Government has commissioned studies into satellite‑related light pollution and continues to work closely with the scientific community to determine the most appropriate approaches to this issue. In addition, the UK actively engages bilaterally and mul...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-11/HL12871
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1863512
- uk · wq-1863512 · source updated 23 December 2025