Minerals: Xinjiang
Commons · Question 60660 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Alex Sobel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the use of Uyghur slave labour in supply chains that include critical minerals.
Answer
Answered by Douglas Alexander, 19 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 t...