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Batteries: China

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 16 May 2025UIN 50633

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the renewables industry on its reliance on imports of batteries from China.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.

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