Question follow-through · 58907

Minerals: Xinjiang

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

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 13 Jun 2025

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  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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