Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 11 August 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she made of the resource risks to businesses from the security of supply of (a) lithium, (b) tin, (c) lead, (d) copper, (e) rare earth metals, (f) phosphorus, (g) cobalt metals and (h) indium.
The eight resources identified were assessed as part of a DEFRA research report: ‘Review of the Future Resource Risks faced by UK Business and an Assessment of Future Viability’, published in December 2010, available on the DEFRA website.
DEFRA has committed to publish an action plan on resource security to assist businesses with strategic risk management and the recovery of critical resources. The research findings are feeding into the development of the action plan.
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