Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 69207

Deep Sea Mining: Licensing

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Barry Gardiner

LabourBrent West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the independent evidence review commissioned by the previous government and undertaken by scientists from the British Geological Survey, National Oceanography Centre, and Heriot-Watt University

Answer

Sarah Jones
The 2021 independent evidence review, commissioned by the previous government, remains a valuable contribution to our understanding of the environmental impacts of deep sea mining. The government will take all relevant information into consideration when ...

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