Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2022 to Question 113821, whether representatives from civil society (a) will be or (b) are already represented on the Critical Minerals Expert Committee.
The membership of the Critical Minerals Expert Committee is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/business-secretary-opens-latest-meeting-of-the-critical-minerals-expert-committee.
At the latest meeting of the Committee on 28 January 2022, officials presented plans for continuing to engage widely with the sector through a series of roundtables on specific topics. Engagement is already underway, including with civil society representatives, and the Government would welcome contact from further stakeholders.