Written questions

Minerals: China

Commons · Question 55964 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the imposition of rare earth export restrictions.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Jun 2025

The Department for Business and Trade is regularly engaging with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on their export controls of Critical Minerals, and DBT continues to explore ways to ensure supply to industry of these minerals is uninterrupted. HMG is comm...