Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 23 May 2024.
Robert Buckland
Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to provide incentives to potential investors in the critical mineral extraction industry.
Alan Mak
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Yes6 people think so
No4 people think not
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House of Parliament 'Major Parliamentary Occasions - http://www.parliament.uk/works/occasion.cfm#prorog
BBC News A-Z Parliament - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/p-q/82524.stm
