Question follow-through · 5705
Manufacturing Industries: Helium
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration he has given to securing reliable supplies of Helium for use in advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defence in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration he has given to securing reliable supplies of Helium for use in advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defence in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
A secure supply of critical minerals, like helium, is vital for the UK’s economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition Through the 2025 UK Critical Minerals Strategy we are building will build strong partnerships with key ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Members: Correspondence
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to the letters of 10 April and 12 May 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
Trade Agreements: Mercosur
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to negotiate a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Mercosur.
Trade Agreements: United Arab Emirates
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to negotiate a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the UAE.
Redundancy
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many advance notifications of redundancy were received by the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service in each financial year from 2019-20 to 2025-26 by (a) 20 to 50 proposed redundancies,