Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring copper within the remit of the UK Critical Minerals Strategy; and what steps they intend to take to secure the supply of copper in the UK.

Minerals are classed as ‘critical’ if they are both vitally important to the economy and experiencing major risks to their security of supply. We recognise the importance of copper in the energy transition and continue to assess the UK’s needs for the evolving electrical grid and associated technologies.