Question follow-through · 128469

Minerals: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department has taken, alongside her SADC counterparts, to help secure supply chains of critical minerals.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 20 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2026
Answer: 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department has taken, alongside her SADC counterparts, to help secure supply chains of critical minerals.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The UK works closely with allies to strengthen critical minerals cooperation bilaterally and through fora such as the G7, G20 and related taskforces. This includes strong, mutually beneficial critical minerals partnerships across the Southern African Deve...

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