Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Accepted
Supplement industrial strategy with a clearer vision for leveraging societal challenges for economic benefit
Recommendation
We recognise that the UK needs to prioritise and play to its strengths if it is going to move the dial on growth. We support the Government’s decision to focus the industrial strategy on sectors of the economy where the UK has a comparative advantage, or the ability to build one. However, the industrial strategy and sector plans should be supplemented by a clearer vision of how the UK can contribute to, and economically benefit from, societal challenges that are reshaping the global economy. (Conclusion, Paragraph 40)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts the recommendation by articulating a vision for the industrial strategy to help the UK seize opportunities from global societal challenges, specifically mentioning the clean energy transition, tech revolution, AI, and new geopolitics.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 12 September 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗