Iain Duncan Smith MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Minerals: XinjiangDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings of the Global Rights Compliance report entitled Risk at the Source: Critical Mineral Supply Chains and State-I
Answer: This government will continue to speak up on human rights in China, including the repression of people in Xinjiang, and will continue to hold China to account.The new Critical Minerals Strategy will help secure the supply of critical minerals vital for th...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024Department for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to commence the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
Answer: On 1st January of this year, the government commenced Parts 1, 2 and 5 of the Act, which brought into force, among other reforms, the new pro-competition regime for digital markets. The government intends to commence the Act’s consumer enforcement reforms...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries and LithiumDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) support the development of the UK’s lithium industry and (b) enhance battery manufacturing capabilities.
Answer: Domestic production of lithium will be increasingly important as demand for resilient and responsible sources of critical minerals grows. Government has supported several lithium projects through the Automotive Transformation Fund, and the UK recently cel...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVolkswagen: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published by Volkswagen in
Answer: No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. This Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The Government is reviewing how we c...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: Forced LabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published in September 2024, what steps the Government is taking to ensure products enter
Answer: No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. This Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The Government is reviewing how we c...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
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