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Industrial Strategy

Status: Open Opened: 28 Jan 2025 24 recommendations 8 conclusions 1 report

Our first industrial strategy inquiry will take a comprehensive look at the Government's proposals for a 10-year modern industrial strategy, as set out in Invest 2035. We will scrutinise the proposals in the Government’s Green Paper, and its forthcoming White Paper, and make recommendations for the Comprehensive Spending Review.

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
7th Report - Industrial Strategy HC 727 6 Jun 2025 32 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
10 Recommendation 7th Report - Industrial Strategy Deferred

Public procurement policy must align with industrial strategy to incentivise investment and innovation.

Public procurement if used effectively is amongst the most important tools to drive the industrial strategy. However, for this to be the case, the Government needs to ensure that procurement policy joined at the hip with the industrial strategy and wider growth mission. The Government needs to procure in ways …

Government response. The government agrees on the importance of public procurement for economic growth and states the Industrial Strategy details current reforms. Further details on their approach to procurement will be set out following a consultation launched in June 2025.
Department for Business and Trade
11 Recommendation 7th Report - Industrial Strategy Deferred

Publish public procurement's economic contribution; establish CCO's 10-year plan for industrial strategy.

We recommend that alongside the industrial strategy, the Government publishes a clear estimate of the number of jobs in the eight growth driving sectors that are supported by public procurement as well as the contribution of procurement spend to the economic growth of the sectors. We recommend that the Government …

Government response. The government agrees public procurement is important but defers further detail on its approach until after a consultation launched in June 2025. It does not commit to publishing an estimate of jobs supported by procurement or to the Chief Commercial …
Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

8 sessions
Date Witnesses
28 Apr 2026 Adam Berman · Energy UK, Arjan Geveke · Energy Intensive Users Group, Dame Clare Barclay DBE · Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, David Whitehouse · OEUK, Kate Bell · Trade Union Congress (TUC), Leonie Lambert · Department for Business and Trade, Lisa Brankin · Ford of Britain and Ireland, Matthew Ogg · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Murray Paul · Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Rick Jennings · Tata Chemicals Europe Group, Rt Hon Greg Clark · Industrial Strategy Advisory Council View ↗
13 May 2025 Andrew Forzani · Cabinet Office, Andrew New · NHS Supply Chain, Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP · Department for Business and Trade, The Baroness Gustafsson CBE · HM Treasury, The Lord Livermore · HM Treasury, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern · Department of Education View ↗
29 Apr 2025 Andy Burnham · Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Howard Dawber · Greater London Authority, John Flint · National Wealth Fund, John Godfrey · TheCityUK, Kim McGuinness · North East Combined Authority, Kitty Ussher · Barclays, Louis Taylor · British Business Bank, Matt Clifford CBE · Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), Mike Biddle · Innovate UK (UKRI), Professor Ben Morgan · Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Stian Westlake · Economic and Social Research Council, UKRI View ↗
22 Apr 2025 Alan Johnson · Nissan AMEIO, Alistair McGirr · SSE, Brian Holliday · Siemens UK, Louise Kingham CBE · BP plc, Markus Grüneisl · BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd, Mike Hawes · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Professor David Greenwood · Warwick Manufacturing Group, Rob Salter-Church · National Grid Electricity Transmission, Rob Salter-Church · National Grid, Stephen Phipson CBE · Make UK, Steve Turner · Unite the Union View ↗
26 Mar 2025 Barnaby Kistruck OBE · Ministry of Defence, Neil Johnson · Department for Business and Trade, Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP · Ministry of Defence, Sarah Jones MP · Department for Business and Trade View ↗
18 Mar 2025 Alasdair McDiarmid · Community, Allan Bell · British Steel, Chris Daniels · Flare Bright, Jon Bolton · Materials Processing Institute, Mr Adam Forgiel-Jenkins · BAE Systems, Oriel Petry · Airbus, Oriel Petry · Airbus UK, Professor John Howie MBE · Babcock International, Rajesh Nair · Tata Steel UK, Shaun Grady · AstraZeneca UK, Tom Keith-Roach · AstraZeneca plc View ↗
4 Mar 2025 Anthony Walker · Tech UK, Audrey Yvernault · GSK, Miles Celic · TheCityUK, Paul Morris · Vodafone, Peter Stephens · ARM, Ramon Kaur · EY UK, Sir John Bell · Ellison Institute of Technology, Stevan Randjelovic · WPP, Steve Bates OBE · The BioIndustry Association, Steve Brierley · Riverlane View ↗
11 Feb 2025 Clare Barclay · Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, Jordan Cummins · Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Kate Bell · Trade Union Congress (TUC), Professor Diane Coyle · University of Cambridge, Professor Mariana Mazzucato · University College London (UCL), Sir Charlie Mayfield · Be the Business View ↗

Correspondence

11 letters
DateDirectionTitle
15 Apr 2026 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to an announcement on the Governmen…
8 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretaries of State for Business and Trade and for Defence rel…
15 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Industry relating to Government support for the UK…
1 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the UK's Modern Industrial Strat…
19 Jun 2025 From cttee Letter to the Secretaries of State for Business and Trade and Defence relating …
10 Jun 2025 To cttee Letter from NHS Supply Chain relating to the Industrial Strategy Inquiry, 4 Jun…
20 May 2025 To cttee Letter from BP to BTC and ESNZ committees relating to questions from evidence s…
29 Apr 2025 From cttee Letter to the Secretary of State relating to the Government response to the US …
22 Apr 2025 To cttee Letter from AstraZeneca relating to Industrial strategy and life sciences, 28 M…
1 Apr 2025 From cttee Letter to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to a plan for …
25 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from GSK relating to life sciences and industrial strategy, 14 March 2025