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Deep Sea Mining Bill

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

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy), who speaks from the Opposition Front Bench. She raised an interesting point about what would happen to the proceeds of mineral exploitation, and it deserves further consideration because the situation is not as straightforward as it was with North sea oil. We should examine exactly how this country will be able to benefit. Are we going to benefit directly, or jointly with other countries across the globe?

I rise to support the Bill. I supported it on Second Reading, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Sheryll Murray) for piloting it through to Third Reading. To do that once is quite an achievement, but to do it twice is particularly remarkable, and she should be congratulated on that, and on succeeding in the ballot twice.

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Reference

574 c585 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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