Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries
Commons · Question 6486 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the significance of sovereign semiconductor manufacturing capacity to (a) UK defence manufacturing and (b) UK national security and resilience.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 10 Jun 2026
The Defence Industrial Strategy sets out our approach to investing in and onshoring the necessary industrial capabilities for sovereign national security and to boost UK economic growth. It recognises semiconductors as a priority sub-sector critical to mo...