Barry Gardiner MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Glomar Minerals: Deep Sea MiningDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to assess the suitability of Glomar Minerals Ltd as a licence holder for deep sea exploration.
Answer: UK Seabed Resources Limited remains the holder of the UK’s two deep sea mining licences following its sale to Glomar Minerals Ltd. The UK government is carrying out a thorough review of Glomar Minerals Ltd and the UK’s sponsorship of UK Seabed Resources L...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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Deep Sea Mining: LicensingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69207More
Question: 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: The 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 ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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Iron and Steel: CorbyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the records of all the sites where waste was deposited following the site reclamation of the Corby Steelworks in the 1980s.
Answer: Records of all the sites where waste was deposited following the reclamation of the Corby Steelworks site should be held by the local authority that managed the reclamation, in this case North Northamptonshire Council. The Department for Business and Trad...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Education	2
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	9
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	50
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	3
Department for Work and Pensions	1
Department of Health and Social Care	1
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	1
Treasury	6

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