Recommendation 2

The Government has explicitly recognised the criticality of semiconductors to the UK’s national security and wider global interests; likewise, the Chinese Government’s ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductors and the means by which it aims to achieve this are well documented. These factors, compounded by the current global semiconductor shortage, mean that the Government’s apparent failure to take this matter seriously is likely to damage the UK’s national interest. (Paragraph 19) 12 Sovereignty for sale: follow-up to the acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab