questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of potential merits of increasing domestic critical mineral capacity for UK defence supply chains.
answerText: The recent Strategic Defence Review recognised the UK's dependence on &quot;intricate global supply chains to meet the UK's demand for critical minerals&quot;, (SDR 25 Page 32). Although Defence capabilities are dependent on a wide range of critical miner...
heading: Defence: Minerals