Recommendation 39

The Government’s attempts to diversify supply chains, and to safeguard sources of critical minerals, will not be successful unless there is a long- term plan for the UK’s supply chain. The forthcoming Critical Minerals Strategy is an opportunity to accelerate this work, and to set out clear priorities. The Government must however go further, and as a matter of policy pursue an alliance of free-trading democracies - such as Canada, which has considerable rare-earth assets - prepared to collaborate in securing mutual supply chains and critical mineral supplies and countering coercive economic behaviour. (Conclusion, Paragraph 140)