Question follow-through · 33875
Minerals: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the domestic critical minerals industry.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the domestic critical minerals industry.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
A secure supply of critical minerals is vital for the UK’s economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition. Government will work hand in hand with industry to publish a new Critical Minerals Strategy this year. The Critical ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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