Lynne Jones
Labour, Birmingham, Selly Oak
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for International Development on the proposed project by the UK company Global Coal Management Resources plc for an opencast coalmine at Phulbari in North West Bangladesh and possible effects for the population living in the area in advance of the decision to provide support to the company through the High Commission in Dhaka.
Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary(Department for International Development) (Trade Policy) (also Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade and Consumer Affairs) (also Department for International Development), Party Chair, Co-operative Party
BERR officials have held regular discussions with officials from the Department for International Development on this subject, both in the UK and the British high commission in Dhaka.
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John Nightingale
Posted on 16 Jul 2008 3:49 pm (Report this annotation)
A minimalist answer which is almost no answer. He could have said something about the content and/or quality of the discussions; also about whether the mine was likely to have any effect on the population living in the area.
John Nightingale