Committee question Greenpeace, Arctic Council and Shell on Arctic protection

• Parliament TV: watch the Arctic session (morning session)
• Parliament TV: watch the Arctic session (afternoon session)
• Inquiry: Arctic follow-up
• Environmental Audit Committee

Witnesses

At 10.15am, Wednesday 17 December 2014, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

• Ben Ayliffe, Head of Campaigns for Arctic Programme, Greenpeace
• Charlie Kronick, Senior Programme Advisor, Greenpeace

At c10.50am

• Ole Kristian Bjerkemo, Chair of Emergency Prevention Preparedness & Response Group, Arctic Council

and the second session at 2.15 pm

• Edwin Verdonk, Vice President, Europe, Russia and CIS, Shell International Ltd
• Peter Velez, Oil Spill Response Consultant

Purpose of the session

These sessions follow-up the Committee’s inquiries in 2012 and 2013 on Protecting the Arctic. The Committee examines developments in the Arctic since those earlier inquiries, focussing in particular on planning for and dealing with oil-spill in Arctic waters.

• 2012 inquiry 'Protecting the Arctic'
• 2013 inquiry 'Protecting the Arctic: The Government's Response'

Further information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees