{"value":{"id":1228958,"askingMemberId":4866,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-08-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-02T00:00:00","uin":"82623","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on critical minerals.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4113,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-09-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department continuously monitors the supply of critical minerals, working closely with the Department for International Trade and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings held by Ministers in the Department are recorded in our transparency data, which is published at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Minerals: Australia","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1228958","method":"GET"}]}