Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 69207
Deep Sea Mining: Licensing
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Barry Gardiner
Labour — Brent 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 JonesThe 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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