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Deep Sea Mining Bill

Proceeding contribution from Kerry McCarthy (Labour) in the House of Commons on Friday, 24 January 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Deep Sea Mining Bill.

I thank the Minister for his response, although he has not entirely set my mind at rest. I would have liked the Bill to build on the environmental protections set out in the 1981 Act, given that we have moved on considerably since then, and I would have liked the precautionary principle firmly established in the Bill, because that is where we are at now with environmental protection internationally, but I do not intend to press

the amendment. With respect to the Minister, however, he is the third Minister to deal with the Bill—there was one Minister on Second Reading, one in Committee and now another on Report and Third Reading—and there will be yet another Minister in the Lords. Furthermore, I am the second Labour spokesperson to deal with it. I hope in the Lords, therefore, there will be an opportunity for detailed scrutiny to ensure that we tie things together and take the Bill forward properly.

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Reference

574 c580 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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