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Fifth Special Report: Foreign Involvement in the Defence Supply Chain: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2019–21

Published 27 April 2021

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The government's response

This document responds to Foreign Involvement in the Defence Supply Chain.

This is the government's response, published 27 April 2021.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government welcomes the Committee's report, agrees with parts of it, and maintains its existing risk-based, case-by-case approach to foreign investment in the defence supply chain.

  • On a list of friendly countries, the Government "notes" the recommendation but considers its current "risk-based approach" "remains appropriate", with each case examined individually.
  • On Chinese ownership, it "notes" the recommendation, says it has assessed and "will continue to assess" investments where there are national security concerns, and does not consider it appropriate to comment on individual past decisions.
  • It welcomes the Committee's support for the National Security and Investment Bill, which it says will bring "new powers to modernise our investment screening regime".
  • On communication with small and medium sized enterprises, it "will seek to further enhance related communications" and "plan[s] to publish a refreshed SME Action Plan later this year".

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