Written questions

Minerals: Xinjiang

Commons · Question 58907 · Tabled 11 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 17 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings of the Global Rights Compliance report entitled Risk at the Source: Critical Mineral Supply Chains and State-I

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 17 Jun 2025

This government will continue to speak up on human rights in China, including the repression of people in Xinjiang, and will continue to hold China to account.The new Critical Minerals Strategy will help secure the supply of critical minerals vital for th...