United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 52539
Batteries: Sustainable Development
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1 June 2020
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9 June 2020 · Answer
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9 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of sourcing rare earths for battery technology.
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1 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of sourcing rare earths for battery technology.
Source: Commons
9 June 2020
Answer
The Government is aware of the socioeconomic, environmental and supply concerns surrounding the mining of raw materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and is taking steps to address these.The Government has committed £274m into the Faraday Battery Ch...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-01/52539
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1198306
- uk · wq-1198306 · source updated 9 June 2020