Critical Minerals APPG

First Registered: 08/04/2020 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

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To support the better understanding of the role of critical minerals within the supply chain of the future green economy and defence. To help identify the UK’s offering in the critical minerals sector and what challenges and opportunities exist.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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4 Current APPG Officers
Noah Law Portrait
Noah Law
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 20th November 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Private Capital , Sustainable Finance
4 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Beer , Energy Studies , Manufacturing
Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 22nd July 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Scientific
14 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Blockchain Technologies , Climate Change , Commonwealth , Environment , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , International Students , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Net Zero , Nutrition for Development , Smoking and Health , Taiwan , University , Women in Parliament
Perran Moon Portrait
Perran Moon
Officer
Labour - Camborne and Redruth
Joined: 20th November 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
British Sign Language , Electric Vehicle , Floating Offshore Wind , Primodos
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ocean , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , University
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th November 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Nepal
5 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Commonwealth , Falkland Islands , Internet, Communications and Technology
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Noah Law MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7751.

Email: noah.law.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jeff Townsend , Critical Minerals Association. Tel: 07766 241059

Email: jeff@criticalmineral.org

Secretariat:

Critical Minerals Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.criticalmineral.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
11 Sep 2024
Source
Critical Minerals Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/09/2024 To : 10/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
26 Feb 2023
Source
Critical Minerals Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 26/02/2023 To : 25/02/2024
Value
£9,001
Date
26 Feb 2022
Source
Critical Minerals Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 26/02/2022 To : 25/02/2023
Value
£9,001
Date
26 Feb 2021
Source
Critical Minerals Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 26/02/2021 To : 25/02/2022
Value
£6,001
Date
26 Feb 2020
Source
Critical Minerals Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 26/02/2020 To : 25/02/2021
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Critical Minerals APPG

Former APPG Officers
Cherilyn Mackrory Portrait
Cherilyn Mackrory
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Truro and Falmouth
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Pauline Latham Portrait
Pauline Latham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Portrait
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Financial Technology , Industrial Strategy , Open Banking and Payments , Political and Media Literacy

No other APPG Memberships

Derek Thomas Portrait
Derek Thomas
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for St Ives
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Vice Chair
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , North East , Women's Football

No other APPG Memberships

Geraint Davies Portrait
Geraint Davies
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Swansea West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bishop of Birmingham Portrait
Lord Bishop of Birmingham
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Double Portrait
Steve Double
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships