Question follow-through · 5389
UK Seabed Resources
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential costs and benefits to the UK of UK Seabed Resources Limited's two International Seabed Authority exploration licences.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential costs and benefits to the UK of UK Seabed Resources Limited's two International Seabed Authority exploration licences.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade has considered the potential future impacts to the UK in holding two Deep Sea Mining exploration licences and have found there is an opportunity for the UK to take a lead in this emerging market with potential for gro...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
UK Seabed Resources: Licensing
12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there have been changes to the licence agreements issued to UK Seabed Resources Limited since January 2021.
TGI Fridays: Closures
15 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with D&D London on the closure of 35 TGI Fridays branches.
Flexible Working: Women
15 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support women with flexible working.
Flexible Working: Women
18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support women in the workplace with flexible working.
Delivery Services: Standards
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Evri and other delivery companies on leaving parcels unattended on doorsteps.
Evri: Minimum Wage
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with Evri on paying their workers the minimum wage.
Rockstar Games: Dismissal
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide support to people who claim to have been sacked for trying to unionise whilst working at Rockstar North.