Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which nations her Department has held discussions with on critical minerals.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
A secure supply of critical minerals is vital to achieving our net zero ambitions. We work with our international partners to strengthen all critical supply chains as we seek to improve our national security and economic resilience. We have committed to publishing a Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, which will set out how we can work internationally to secure the sustainability of Britain’s supply. In advance of that strategy, we are engaging with our international partners, and in multilateral fora, to build resilient and sustainable critical mineral supply chains.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many foreign owned companies have critical mineral projects registered in the UK.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
There is a growing interest in critical mineral projects across the United Kingdom, and the Department continues to support such investment opportunities. Most critical mineral projects in the United Kingdom are operated by companies that are registered here.
HM Government is working to support and enable more British investment in extraction, processing and refining. We work with our international partners to strengthen critical supply chains too, as we seek to improve our national security and economic resilience.
We have committed to publishing a Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, which will set out how we will establish an enabling environment for growing the sector domestically, and how we can work internationally to secure the sustainability of Britain’s supply.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to work bilaterally to develop closer, alternative critical mineral supply chains.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
There is a growing interest in critical mineral projects across the United Kingdom, and the Department continues to support such investment opportunities. Most critical mineral projects in the United Kingdom are operated by companies that are registered here.
HM Government is working to support and enable more British investment in extraction, processing and refining. We work with our international partners to strengthen critical supply chains too, as we seek to improve our national security and economic resilience.
We have committed to publishing a Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, which will set out how we will establish an enabling environment for growing the sector domestically, and how we can work internationally to secure the sustainability of Britain’s supply.