Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris Mullin (Labour), on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 74 members in total.

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DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENTS BY OIL, GAS AND MINING COMPANIES

That this House notes that corruption in the oil, gas and mining industries has caused great human misery in Africa and other developing regions; considers that corruption would be curbed by full disclosure of revenue payments to governments by oil, gas and mining companies; further notes that the United States Congress is considering a law to require all such companies regulated in the US to fully disclose such payments; and urges the Government to consider similar legislation.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

912 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Andrew Dismore

Mark Durkan

Norman Baker

David Simpson

Subjects

Developing countries Fossil fuels

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk