Minerals and Semiconductors: Overseas Trade
Commons · Question 99175 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to expand UK participation in global supply chains for semiconductors and critical minerals.
Answer
Answered by Chris McDonald, 16 Dec 2025
DBT is strengthening UK participation in global critical mineral supply chains by leveraging domestic processing and recycling capabilities, expanding international partnerships through trade agreements and financing tools, and mobilising investment to di...