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    "content": "I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment, and Natural Resources on a matter of national concern regarding the basis for the Cabinet decisions of 3rd October, 2023 to declare radioactive mineral uranium, thorium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, terbium, tin, lithium, severite, coltan, chromite, niobium, rare earths and copper as strategic minerals. In the Statement, the Committee should address the following- (1) Details on the advisory by the Mineral Rights Board and the Director of Mines on the declaration of the 14 minerals as strategic, including an assessment of the legal standing of the advisory by the Mineral Rights Board, which did not have a chairperson appointed by the President at the time. (2) Whether the Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs also relied upon input from other relevant stakeholders in his request to the Cabinet to declare the minerals as strategic and, if so, provide details on such input. (3) The alternative livelihood options and other support mechanisms the Government has provided to miners adversely affected by the declaration of the 14 minerals as strategic."
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