Recommendation 10

Global battery supply chains, and especially the upstream supply of critical minerals, have environmental, social and governance challenges. Those supply chains are concentrated in China. The UK’s dependence on those supply chains poses risks to the UK and to the Government’s strategic objectives, especially if China were to restrict exports of the materials and components that the UK needs. It is critical that the UK Government continues to collaborate internationally not only to diversify the battery supply chain, but to ensure that batteries are produced to high environmental and social standards. (Paragraph 51) Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing 51