Clive Efford

Clive Efford

Labour — Eltham and Chislehurst

Speaking in the House of Commons on 24 November 2025

Debate

Critical Minerals Strategy

Contribution

I welcome my hon. Friend’s statement, but he will be aware of the widespread concern about the impact of the deep-sea mining of critical minerals, which devastates an ecosystem that we know very little about. I acknowledge that he may not have the answer now, but will he undertake to write to me to say what the Government could do to ensure that we do not encourage deep-sea mining by allowing it into our future strategy?

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