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The Semiconductor Industry in the UK

Status: Closed Opened: 25 May 2022 Closed: 26 May 2023 11 recommendations 5 conclusions 2 reports

This inquiry will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the semiconductor industry and its supply chain in the UK. Semiconductor materials are essential in electronics and are used in computer chips in everything from fridge freezers to airliners. The new inquiry comes amidst an ongoing global shortage of semiconductors that has caused widespread disruption to …

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixth Report - The semiconductor industry in the UK: the Go… HC 1115 3 Feb 2023 2 Overdue
Fifth Report - The semiconductor industry in the UK HC 291 28 Nov 2022 14 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
4 Conclusion Fifth Report - The semiconductor indust… Deferred

We will further consider the Nexperia case, via the National Security and Investment Sub-Committee, once...

We will further consider the Nexperia case, via the National Security and Investment Sub-Committee, once the period for appeal has expired. In the meantime, the Department should work proactively to ensure a successful transfer of the Newport site to a new owner. Ministers should update the Committee on progress made.

Government response. The government cannot provide an update on the Nexperia case until judicial review proceedings have been completed.
Department for Business and Trade
6 Conclusion Fifth Report - The semiconductor indust… Deferred

We recognise that many Government departments have an interest in the semiconductor industry, and that...

We recognise that many Government departments have an interest in the semiconductor industry, and that these interests may overlap. But, in our view, the value of semiconductors to so many sectors of the UK economy and to UK national infrastructure, combined with the national security necessity of safeguarding 40 The …

Government response. The government states that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will drive innovation and work closely across government, including with the Department for Business and Trade, to ensure coherence in industrial strategy, research, and international cooperation, rather than BEIS …
Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
5 Jul 2022 Americo Lemos · IQE plc, Dr Andrew Rickman · Rockley Photonics, Paul Williamson · Arm, Professor Ken Young · MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre), Rina Pal-Goetzen · Semiconductor Industry Association, Simon Beresford-Wylie · Imagination Technologies, Simon Thomas · Paragraf, Toni Versluijs · Nexperia UK, Trish Blomfield · Intel View ↗
7 Jun 2022 Alan Banks · TechWorks, Alistair McGibbon · Compound Semiconductor Application Catapult, Dr Andy Sellars · Compound Semiconductor Application Catapult, Jillian Hughes · NMI (National Microelectronics Institute), John Docherty · TechWorks, Martin McHugh · Compound Semiconductor Application Catapult View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
6 Sep 2022 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Nexperia UK Country Manager relating to evidence g…
6 Sep 2022 To cttee Letter from the Chairman of Future Horizons relating to Newport Wafer Fab, 22 J…
6 Sep 2022 To cttee Letter from the Nexperia UK Country Manager relating to evidence given to the C…