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Where MPs Stand

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Extractive Industries Sector

Inquiry by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, 2 July 2013 to 31 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 19 November 2013: David Hargreaves, Mining Consultant and Publisher, Mining on Top, International Council on Mining and Metals, and UK Onshore Operators Group; Eddie Rich, Deputy Head, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Mining Association of the UK, CBI Minerals Group, Oil and Gas UK, UK Coal, and Oil and Gas Independents Association.
  • 26 November 2013: David Lawton, Director of Markets, Financial Conduct Authority; Tara Hopkins, Chief Adviser, External Affairs, Europe, Rio Tinto, Charles Watenphul, Director of Corporate Affairs, Glencore Xstrata, Ed Daniels, Chairman of Shell UK Limited, Shell International Limited (at 10:30).
  • 4 March 2014: Susanne Schmitt, Extractives and Infrastructure Manager, WWF—UK, Joseph Stead, Senior Economic Justice Adviser, Christian Aid, Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, Alexander Scrivener, Policy Officer, World Development Movement
  • 6 May 2014: Dean Thornewell, President, Joy Global (Eurasia), Paul Burton, Director of Service, Joy Global (Eurasia), and Dr Patrick Foster, Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering, Camborne School of Mines
  • 5 June 2014: Jenny Willott MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills