Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 28 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, when he plans to publish the new Critical Minerals Strategy.

Critical minerals have been included in the recently published National Security Strategy and also in the UK Government's Resilience Action Plan, highlighting their fundamental importance to safeguarding the UK's economic security and resilience. Thanks to the extensive engagement and insights from our industry and expert stakeholders as well as through cross-government collaboration, we have developed a powerful new vision and plan for securing critical minerals in the UK.

We will continue to refine this ahead of publication this year, taking into account the evolving international context.