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Friday 9th March 2012 | 11:04

Hearing: Cairn & Shell to face questions on Arctic drilling

BP found it difficult to deal with a deepwater blowout in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, so how easy would it be for Cairn Energy or Shell to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic? And are their oil spill response plans up to scratch?

House of Commons press notice

Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry

EVIDENCE SESSION: OIL COMPANIES ON Protecting the Arctic

Wednesday 14 March 2012, The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Witnesses:

At 3.00pm

* Shell International

* Cairn Energy PLC

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Protecting the Arctic transcripts:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/protecting-the-arctic/

Protecting the Arctic written evidence :

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmenvaud/writev/1739/contents.htm

Committee Membership is as follows:

Chair: Joan Walley, MP

Peter Aldous MP

Zac Goldsmith MP

Caroline Nokes MP

Richard Benyon MP*

Mark Lazarowicz MP

Mr Mark Spencer MP

Neil Carmichael MP

Caroline Lucas MP

Paul Uppal MP

Martin Caton MP

Ian Murray MP

Dr Alan Whitehead MP

Katy Clark MP

Sheryll Murray MP

Simon Wright MP

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