| Heading: |
Deep Sea Mining |
| Question ID: |
1750074 |
| UIN: |
HL3503 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4984 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Mott
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Mott
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of deep-sea mining. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
The UK recognises the potential impacts of deep sea mining are not fully understood and supports a moratorium on the granting of mining licences by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) until sufficient scientific evidence is available to assess the im... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |