| Heading: |
Minerals: Xinjiang |
| Question ID: |
1813766 |
| UIN: |
60660 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4658 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alex Sobel
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| Asking Member handle: |
alexsobel
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@alexsobel
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member handle: |
D_G_Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@D_G_Alexander
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
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... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |