United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 29892
Deep Sea Mining
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16 March 2020
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24 March 2020 · Answer
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24 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for which oceans have exploratory deep sea mining licences been issued.
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16 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for which oceans have exploratory deep sea mining licences been issued.
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24 March 2020
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To date, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued 29 exploration contracts to entities from 20 countries. The contractors include state-owned enterprises, as well as commercial organisations with a state sponsor. The two UK exploration licence ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-16/29892
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1185241
- uk · wq-1185241 · source updated 24 March 2020