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
House of Commons
1 May 2012
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This Bill would require certain companies involved in oil or gas extraction, and other mining activities, to disclose the type and total amount of payments they make to any national government or to a company wholly or partly owned by a national government. The aim is to improve transparency about where resource revenue goes and to reduce corruption by making these payments public. The obligation would apply to specified resource sectors and is framed as part of broader transparency and reporting rules.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. Its first reading was in March 2011; no further stages are listed here.
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1 Mar 2011
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