Asked by: Pauline Latham (Conservative - Mid Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage cathode active material producers to the UK.
Answered by Alan Mak - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Pauline Latham (Conservative - Mid Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK’s domestic critical mineral capacity.
Answered by Alan Mak - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Pauline Latham (Conservative - Mid Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to strengthen the UK supply chain in the production of lithium-ion batteries.
Answered by Alan Mak - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Pauline Latham (Conservative - Mid Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage rare earth magnet producers to the UK.
Answered by Alan Mak - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Pauline Latham (Conservative - Mid Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which nations she has pursued critical mineral agreements with.
Answered by Alan Mak - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation
Asked by: Pauline Latham (Conservative - Mid Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to prevent the importation of goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements into the UK.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
There are no current import sanctions on goods originating from Israeli settlements. However, goods originating from Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the trade agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.