Top British Parliamentarians visit Nakheel Dragon Mart

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About Dragon Mart Complex:
The Dragon Mart Complex, made up of Dragon Mart, warehouses and residences, is located in Nakheel's International City in the Al Warsan area of Dubai. The Complex offers an array of high quality facilities for visitors and traders alike.

The Dragon Mart is the largest trading hub for Chinese products outside the China mainland. The dragon-shaped structure has 3,950 shops engaged in the wholesale and retail trade of a variety of Chinese products. The Mart also has restaurants, coffee shops, conference rooms, business center and parking spaces for over 2,500 cars.

The Dragon Mart Complex has eight fully equipped warehouses for traders, which is located 200 meters behind the Mart. With a total area 30,000 square meters and two warehouses with cold storage facilities, the warehouses serve as a convenient facility for traders of all kinds of products.

The 25 residential buildings at the Dragon Mart Complex offer affordable residential options to traders in the form of 1,840 fully furnished studio, one and two bedroom apartments, with retail space on the ground floor.

About Nakheel
Nakheel is the uniquely focused property development company behind a variety of new landmark developments in Dubai. Nakheel aims to redefine the concept of property development whether residential, tourist, commercial or retail. It has therefore placed great importance on examining the requirements of the different sectors of the community and developing its visionary projects around these findings.

Nakheel's portfolio currently includes The Palm, The World, Jumeirah Islands, The Gardens, Ibn Battuta Mall, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Lost City, International City, Discovery Gardens, Jumeirah Village and Dubai Waterfront.

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About the Treasury Committee:

The Treasury Committee consists of fourteen Members of Parliament, drawn from across the political spectrum. There are around 30 such Committees forming an important backbone of the UK Parliamentary system, holding Government accountable to Parliament across the breadth of Government activity.

The Treasury Committee's terms of reference are to examine the policy, expenditure, and administration of public bodies covering financial and economic subjects. These bodies include the Treasury, Revenue & Customs and associated public bodies, such the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority. Within its terms of reference, the Committee holds inquiries on subjects of its choosing, and reports the findings to Parliament. The Chairman of the Committee is Rt Hon John McFall.

Committee members visiting Dubai:

Rt Hon John McFall MP (Chairman). Labour Member for West Dunbartonshire constituency. Political interests: Defence, Education, Economic Policy

Mr Colin Breed MP. Liberal Democrat Member for South East Cornwall constituency. Political interests: Cornwall, Rural Affairs, Conflict Resolution, Middle East

Mr Michael Fallon MP (Sub-committee Chairman). Conservative Member for Sevenoaks constituency. Political interests: Constitution, Public Sector, Education, Treasury

Mr David Gauke MP. Conservative Member for South West Hertforshire constituency. Political interests: Financial services, education, Europe

Ms Sally Keeble MP. Labour Member for Northampton North constituency. Political interests: Economic Policy, Home Affairs, Education, Local and Regional Government, Financial Services

Mr Andrew Love MP. Labour Member for Edmonton constituency. Political interests: Housing, Regeneration, Mutuality, Small Businesses

Mr George Mudie MP. Labour Member for Leeds East constituency. Political interests: Education and Employment,
Northern Ireland, Treasury

Mr Brooks Newmark MP. Conservative Member for Braintree constituency. Political interests: Economic policy, Special needs education, environment, poverty reduction, foreign relations