Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 115447

Buses and Cars: China

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of kill switches in Chinese-made (a) cars and (b) buses on cyber security.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Modern vehicles – including cars and buses - are increasingly using software to support safer driving, to improve diagnostics and to provide a host of other services such as navigation and entertainment. The Government takes national security extremely se...
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