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Minerals: Trade Agreements

Asked by Liam ByrneLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 July 2026UIN 12631

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of the UK’s critical minerals memoranda of understanding, dialogues, and other bilateral agreements, including wider initiatives such as supply chain resilience partnerships that cover critical minerals.

Answered by Chris McDonald

I recently wrote to the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls relating to a request for further information as part of the Committee’s inquiry on critical minerals. My response contains an annex outlining the UK’s agreements, dialogues and memoranda of understanding on critical minerals. The letter was published on 23 June 2026 and is available on the committee website.

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