Question follow-through · 30866
Democratic Republic of Congo: Minerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of (a) trends in the level of (i) gold, (ii) coltan and (iii) other conflict minerals being exported from eastern Democratic Republic of Con
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 21 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of (a) trends in the level of (i) gold, (ii) coltan and (iii) other conflict minerals being exported from eastern Democratic Republic of Con
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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21 Feb 2025
Answer published
We are deeply concerned by reports from the UN Group of Experts that M23 and Rwanda are illegally extracting critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and are clear that such activity must stop immediately.We are committed to addressing...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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