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Written Question
Minerals
Tuesday 14th March 2023

Asked by: Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government which department the minister with responsibility for critical minerals will be based in; and when the Critical Minerals Strategy announced in 2022 will be updated as planned.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Department with lead responsibility for critical minerals is the Department for Business and Trade. The Government is planning to publish a refreshed approach to the Critical Minerals Strategy in Spring this year to reinforce the 2022 Strategy, highlight delivery progress to date, and set out upcoming delivery milestones.