United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 29900
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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of biodiversity of the exploration and exploitation of seabed minerals by methods used in deep sea mining.
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16 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of biodiversity of the exploration and exploitation of seabed minerals by methods used in deep sea mining.
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24 March 2020
Answer
Defra is investigating the risks and environmental effects of deep sea mining through a cross-Government working group including the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the Department for Bus...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-16/29900
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1185271
- uk · wq-1185271 · source updated 24 March 2020