Question follow-through · 3391
Minerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) extent of the UK's list of critical minerals and the list used by (a) the European Union and (ii) other jurisdictions.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) extent of the UK's list of critical minerals and the list used by (a) the European Union and (ii) other jurisdictions.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC), sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade, will publish an updated assessment of the criticality of over 80 candidate materials, later this year. This assessment is focused on the UK's circumstanc...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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