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Select Committee
Statement of Mutual Co-operation on Economic Development and Trade Relations, signed on 13 March 2024

Government Response Mar. 27 2024

Committee: International Agreements Committee

Found: Supply chains and critical minerals; e. Advanced technologies; f. Aerospace; g.


Select Committee
Letter to Chair from Lord Johnson, Signature of UK-Texas Statement of Mutual Cooperation, 11 March 2024

Correspondence Mar. 27 2024

Committee: International Agreements Committee

Found: carbon capture, utilisation, and storage), chemicals, health and life sciences, supply chains and critical


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme: building women’s economic empowerment into climate transitions
Document: Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW): building women’s economic empowerment into climate transitions, March 2024 (PDF)

Found: Unemployment protection schemes and cash transfer programmes could play a critical role in supporting


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Major funding unveiled for cutting-edge research tools that could halt future pandemics and protect the planet
Document: Major funding unveiled for cutting-edge research tools that could halt future pandemics and protect the planet (webpage)

Found: for the UK by enabling advances in sectors such as developing new drugs and discovering sources of minerals


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
UK Research and Innovation

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Major funding unveiled for cutting-edge research tools that could halt future pandemics and protect the planet
Document: Major funding unveiled for cutting-edge research tools that could halt future pandemics and protect the planet (webpage)

Found: for the UK by enabling advances in sectors such as developing new drugs and discovering sources of minerals


Select Committee
Fifth Special Report - The UK’s contribution to tackling global deforestation: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report

Special Report Mar. 26 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: assessment indicates that it may be feasible to incorporate the environmental impacts of metals and minerals


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Natural Capital Finance - Tue 26 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: None There would be someone who owned the minerals beneath the soil and someone who owned the surface. - Speech Link
2: None speaking, if you simply wanted to plant trees, you could probably do that without worrying about a minerals - Speech Link
3: None generated by doing something in addition to what is already there, so it is not like what happens with minerals - Speech Link
4: None In order for any change to be sustainable, it is absolutely critical that it is fair and considers the - Speech Link


Written Question
Lithium
Tuesday 26th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the deposits of lithium in Wales and Scotland; and whether they will ensure that all such is conveyed to the respective devolved authorities.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Critical Minerals Strategy committed to collate UK geoscientific data and identify areas of geological potential for critical mineral extraction. The Department for Business and Trade commissioned the British Geological Survey to undertake the study, “Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK”, delivered by the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) and was published in 2023. It is a preliminary assessment of geological factors only, and its findings do not mean prospective areas identified will necessarily be targeted for exploration and mining. Mineral planning policy is also a devolved matter.

Areas of potential geological prospectivity for critical minerals were identified in both Scotland and Wales. Regarding the geological prospectivity for lithium, the report identified two areas in Scotland and no areas in Wales.


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mar. 22 2024

Source Page: Recovered appeals: land south of Chiswell Green Lane and land north of Chiswell Green Lane, St. Albans (refs: 3313110 and 3312277 - 22 March 2024)
Document: Recovered appeals: land south of Chiswell Green Lane and land north of Chiswell Green Lane, St. Albans (refs: 3313110 and 3312277 - 22 March 2024) (PDF)

Found: The minerals strategy must include the following: a)An evaluation of the opportunities to extract minerals


Select Committee
Fourth Special Report - Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific – Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report: Fourth Special Report

Special Report Mar. 22 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The UK published its Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy on 17 January.