| Heading: |
Metals: Imports |
| Question ID: |
1798463 |
| UIN: |
49148 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5111 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Martin Wrigley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Martin Wrigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) lithium, (b) nickel, (c) cobalt, (d) manganese and (e) graphite imports come from mining operations that commit human rights violations. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4264 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Doughty
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| Answering Member handle: |
SDoughtyMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SDoughtyMP
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| Answer text: |
The UK is committed to promoting responsible business practice to reduce and prevent human rights violations. We work through a number of international mechanisms to deliver on this, including supporting the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |