| Heading: |
Defence: Semiconductors |
| Question ID: |
1810607 |
| UIN: |
58189 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1576 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mark Pritchard
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| Asking Member handle: |
MPritchardMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MPritchardMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to diversify supplies of (a) gallium and (b) germanium as part of the UK’s defence industrial strategy. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
The Department recognises China’s influence in global critical mineral supply chains and the potential implications of China's export regulations on these chains, particularly concerning the use of germanium and gallium in the defence sector. The Departme... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |