Written questions

Foreign Investment in UK

Commons · Question 114295 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage inwards direct investment.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 2 Mar 2026

Growth is this Government’s central economic mission. We have set out a long-term Industrial Strategy and Infrastructure Strategy to give investors the certainty they need to commit capital to the UK. A stable policy environment, competitive tax system an...