PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Democratic Republic of Congo: Mining (22 January 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support the reduction in the use of children involved in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Answer
DFID is working to tackle the root causes that enable child labour to flourish in the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To this end, DFID collaborates closely with other Government Departments and through a European Partnership for Responsible Minerals. We provide funding to the Carter Center in the DRC to improve transparency and governance of the sector. DFID DRC is also working with other international partners to consider how we might tackle the issues in the cobalt supply chain in future programme design.
Answered by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
25 January 2018
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