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Mr. Riddick
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he plans any further disposals from the strategic mineral stockpile.
Mr. Lilley
Yes. It has been decided to sell the contents of the stockpile over a two to three-year period. Disposals will take place in a manner which seeks to avoid undue disruption of the market.