Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee

Industrial policy

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Dec 2023 Closed: 24 May 2024

The Business and Trade Committee is launching a programme of work to scrutinise the UK Government’s approach to industrial policy, which will examine how industrial policy can be used to build on the UK’s strengths and competitive advantages, enhance economic security and help the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 May 2024 Alistair McGirr · SSE, Carl Arntzen · Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd, Duncan Clark · Orsted, Hannah Gurga · Association of British Insurers, James Graham · Equans, Professor Cameron Hepburn · University of Oxford View ↗
16 Apr 2024 Dr Richard Torbett · Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), James Palmer · Herbert Smith Freehills, Josh Western · Space Forge, Katherine Bennett · High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Oriel Petry · Airbus, Oriel Petry · Airbus UK, Sally Jones · Ernst & Young, Sharon Todd · SCI (Society of Chemical Industries), Shira Jeczmien · Screenshot Media, Tim Fassam · The Phoenix Group, Victor Riparbelli · Synthesia View ↗
12 Mar 2024 Dr Anna Valero · LSE, Dr George Dibb · Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Dr Mann Virdee · Council on Geostrategy, Giles Wilkes · Institute for Government, Paul Swinney · Centre for Cities, Raoul Ruparel · Boston Consulting Group Centre for Growth, Sir Geoffrey Owen · Policy Exchange View ↗
20 Feb 2024 Rt Hon Greg Clark, Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable, The Lord Harrington of Watford, The Lord Mandelson View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
23 May 2024 To cttee Letter from Phoenix Group relating to Industrial policy inquiry, 25 April 2024