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Resource Extraction (Transparency and Reporting) Bill

A Bill to require certain companies engaged in oil or gas extraction, and other mining activities, to disclose the type and total amount of payments made to any national government, or any company wholly or partly owned by a national government; and for connected purposes

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Resource Extraction (Transparency and Reporting) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 1 March 2011 by Anas Sarwar (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 1 Mar 2011
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.