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Metals: Imports

Commons · Question 49149 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of (i) lithium, (ii) nickel, (iii) cobalt, (iv) manganese and (v) graphite entering the UK from international

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 8 May 2025

The UK is committed to promoting responsible business practice to reduce and prevent human rights violations. We work through a number of international mechanisms to deliver on this, including supporting the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve...