Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 37447

Foreign Investment in UK

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of foreign direct investment screening mechanisms on UK economic sovereignty.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The UK balances an open investment environment to facilitate growth while protecting the areas of our economy that are the most sensitive to national security. The National Security and Investment Act supports our economic sovereignty by giving us power t...
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