Found: While the National Security and Investment Act provides important powers to scrutinise and block acquisitions

Found: starting place could be informed by the 17 categories that already sit under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The MOFCOM UK guide documents the National Security and Investment Act 2021 and the Economic Crime Act

Found: navigate multiple merger control and investment screening regimes, including the UK’s National Security and Investment Act

Found: trade-and-investment-factsheet-2026-02-02.pdf [4] Department for Business and Trade (2025) National Security and Investment Act

Found: Regulatory frameworks such as the National Security and Investment Act are essential to safeguarding

Found: The 2025 Trade Strategy sets out five main tools: investment screening under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: companies to engage fully. 4.5 The system would work alongside and in cooperation with The National Security and Investment Act

Found: The UK National Security and Investment Act (2021) has 17 sensitive areas of the economy which cover

Found: These include the National Security and Investment Act 2021, the National Security Act 2023, and newer

Found: national security or critical infrastructure, operating outside the scope of the UK National Security and Investment Act

Found: The National Security and Investment Act 2021 represents a significant step forward in the UK’s ability

Found: National Security and Investment Act 43.The National Security and Investment Act provides safeguards

Found: The National Security and Investment Act and existing export control frameworks are not designed for

Found: NSI Act – National Security and Investment Act.

Found: No decision was taken under the National Security and Investment Act. c.

Found: The UK’s National Security and Investment Act 2021150 introduced obligations for institutions and academics

Found: any such decision, despite our important role in scrutinising the operation of the National Security and Investment Act

Found: We have a range of effective measures in place, including the National Security and Investment Act,

Found: clear value proposition for investment attraction, advocating a simplification of the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 • the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 • the National Security and Investment Act

Found: peak of 42 projects in 2017 to single digits through 2019–2024, consistent with the National Security and Investment Act

Found: , and Industry, and the National Security Secretariat at the Cabinet Office. 33 National Security and Investment Act

Found: university spin-outs, and if that investment is significant, they must go through the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Indeed, we have some good laws: the National Security and Investment Act, the Procurement Act and so

Found: Indeed, we have some good laws: the National Security and Investment Act, the Procurement Act and so

Found: One of the things I used to do in a previous life was advising on the National Security and Investment Act

Found: In some ways, it is not necessarily about the process of the National Security and Investment Act.

Found: in 17 sensitive areas, including AI, to protect against national security risks.113 National Security and Investment Act

Found: August 2025. 112 The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/346. 113 National Security and Investment Act

Found: Under the National Security and Investment Act (2021), AI should be designated a high-risk sector, blocking

Found:  Under the National Security and Investment Act (2021), AI should be designated a high-risk sector

Found: Office for screening foreign investment into the UK as part of decisions under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: about that is to have a process that is fairly transparent, so a framework like the National Security and Investment Act

Found: about that is to have a process that is fairly transparent, so a framework like the National Security and Investment Act

Found: about that is to have a process that is fairly transparent, so a framework like the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Secretary to the Prime Minister relating to the Government response to consultation on National Security and Investment Act

Found: Regimes that create uncertainty or deter investment National Security and Investment Act (NSIA): The

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that access by users in the UK to (1) computing services, (2) software, or (3) artificial intelligence models, could be withdrawn or restricted as a result of export controls imposed by a government outside the UK.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

HMG recognises the importance of compute to the UK’s digital economy and national security. HMG takes a balanced approach to cloud services, ensuring security and resilience while benefiting from global innovation. This is underpinned by UK security standards, data protection law and established commercial frameworks.

Domestically, HMG is accelerating UK data centre delivery through AI Growth Zones. The UK has a range of economic security tools to manage risk, including the National Security and Investment Act 2021.

HMG keeps risks under review, adapting its approach as needed, as is the case with the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the risk that computing capacity relied upon in the UK could be remotely disabled, restricted, or otherwise rendered unavailable by an entity based outside the UK.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

HMG recognises the importance of compute to the UK’s digital economy and national security. HMG takes a balanced approach to cloud services, ensuring security and resilience while benefiting from global innovation. This is underpinned by UK security standards, data protection law and established commercial frameworks.

Domestically, HMG is accelerating UK data centre delivery through AI Growth Zones. The UK has a range of economic security tools to manage risk, including the National Security and Investment Act 2021.

HMG keeps risks under review, adapting its approach as needed, as is the case with the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of existing public interest powers to scrutinise potential takeovers of strategically important airlines.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The UK has a robust framework for scrutinising acquisitions where relevant public interest or national security concerns arise. Existing powers, including the National Security and Investment Act 2021, enable Government scrutiny and intervention where statutory tests are met.

In addition, any change of ownership involving a UK airline would need to satisfy the relevant aviation regulatory requirements and approvals. The Civil Aviation Authority are responsible for assessing compliance with those requirements and may refer matters to the Secretary of State.

The Government has no current plans to introduce additional public interest powers relating specifically to airline ownership.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of national security import controls to prevent dependence on Chinese companies for consumable equipment in the defence supply chain.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Department assesses that existing national security import controls, alongside wider procurement and security frameworks, are robust and sufficient to manage risks of dependence on Chinese suppliers.

Procurement is subject to strict due diligence, supported by the National Security and Investment Act, JSP 440 and the Procurement Act 2023, enabling exclusion of high-risk suppliers. These controls are reinforced by broader import and export frameworks, with risks assessed case by case to protect operational resilience and freedom of action.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 472, whether any of the enhanced technical solutions and technological tools rely on Chinese (a) technology and (b) equipment.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Policing is operationally independent of Government and decisions on procurement are taken by individual forces. However, Police are provided briefing and support by Government to understand and manage national security risks.

Separately, there are a range of tools to ensure that sensitive UK supply chains and technologies are suitable and safe.

This includes the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). The NSIA provides the Government with powers to identify and, where necessary, intervene in acquisitions of entities or assets that may pose a threat to the UK’s national security.

Additionally, the Procurement Act 2023 provides Government powers to exclude and debar suppliers from public sector contracts where they are judged to pose a national security risk.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) longest, and (2) average amount of, time taken by the Investment Security Unit to accept notifications of transactions over the periods of (a) 31 December 2025-31 March 2026, and (b) 31 March 2025-31 March 2026.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Government publishes information on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act in the NSIA Annual Report. The most recent report, covering the 2024/25 reporting period, can be found on GOV.UK. In this period, the median time from receipt of a notification to a decision to accept that notification was:

• 7 working days for mandatory notifications;

• 8 working days for voluntary notifications; and

• 6 working days for retrospective validation applications.

Data on the time taken to accept notifications received between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2026 will be published in the next Annual Report later this year.

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the UK’s level of dependence on foreign manufactured Common Information Models (CIMs); and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the resilience and sovereignty of UK infrastructure that depends on CIM‑enabled connectivity.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

Common Information Models are used across a range of UK CNI sectors. This includes telecommunications, where CIMs enable interoperability between different network management and operational systems. They support efficient operation and automation in complex, multivendor networks, but do not themselves control telecommunications networks.

The Government keeps under review the resilience and security of the UK’s telecommunications infrastructure, including potential dependencies on overseas technologies and suppliers.

As the government set out in its response to the Telecommunications Supply Chain Diversification (TSCD) Advisory Council report, security and resilience risks can arise when critical network functions may rely on a limited range of suppliers or technologies, including software based systems used for network monitoring, configuration and management.

The Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 and the National Security and Investment Act 2021 provide frameworks through which the Government can assess and address national security risks in the telecommunications sector, including risks associated with hostile state interference. The government response to the TSCD Advisory Council report also sets out the steps the government is taking to manage the risks associated with vendor concentration in UK telecoms networks.

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will strengthen the resilience of the UK's critical infrastructure, including by strengthening duties on operators of essential services to manage risks in their supply chains. The Bill will also provide the Secretary of State with a power of direction, enabling the government to act where necessary and proportionate to address national security risks to regulated entities.

The government works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre to assess and manage risks to UK critical national infrastructure, including those arising from dependence on foreign-manufactured technologies

The Government seeks to build sovereign capability in critical technologies, as set out in the June 2025 Modern Industrial Strategy and the accompanying Digital and Technologies Sector Plan.

More broadly, on the development of global digital standards, the UK supports an open, inclusive, multistakeholder approach and is actively engaged to ensure our interests and values are well-accounted for. DSIT, NCSC and other government departments and agencies engage directly in standards development where the UK has critical interests to seek to ensure that UK needs are met.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) steps she will take and (b) powers she possesses to protect (i) military bases and (ii) other sensitive locations from the threat posed by the piecemeal purchase of properties in their vicinity by (A) Russian, (B) Chinese and (C) other adversaries.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The first duty of Government is national security. We take the protection of sensitive locations extremely seriously, and we work closely with the police and operational partners to ensure they have the powers they need.

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 provides the Government with powers to identify and, where necessary, intervene in acquisitions of entities or assets (including land) that may pose a threat to the UK’s national security. This can, under some circumstances, include properties near sensitive sites.

In addition, the National Security Act 2023 protects against activity that could be harmful to the UK in and around the most sensitive sites through new and updated criminal offences, police powers to protect these sites, and a power to designate new sites as prohibited places.

Found: required to have measures in place to manage risks, such as cyber attacks.305 Also, the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Enhanced the UK’s protective toolkit by working with others across HMG to update the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Enhanced the UK’s protective toolkit by working with others across HMG to update the National Security and Investment Act

Found: National Security and Investment Act 2021: Annual Report 2025-26

Found: National Security and Investment Act 2021: Annual Report 2025-26

Found: National Security and Investment Act 2021: Annual Report 2025-26

Found: transaction or corporate event is deemed of national security importance under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Cabinet Office17 Judicial review – challenge to final order decision under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Lancaster in the Judicial review – challenge to final order decision under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Lancaster has varied a final order pursuant to section 27 of the National Security and Investment Act

Found: State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has made a Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: NATIONAL SECURITY AND INVESTMENT ACT 2021 Publication of notice of Final Order 1.

Found: The Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office has made a Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: National Security and Investment Act Annual Report shows 95.6% of notifications reviewed were cleared

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a final order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a final order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made a final order under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: National Security and Investment Act: prepare for new rules about acquisitions

Found: Other documentation National Security and Investment Act 2021: Statement for the purposes of section

Found: Other documentation National Security and Investment Act 2021: Statement for the purposes of section

Found: Operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021: memorandum of understanding between the Cabinet

Found: The National Security and Investment Act 2021342 addresses this by requiring screening of acquisitions

Found: The National Security and Investment Act 2021342 addresses this by requiring screening of acquisitions

Found: Regulations. 5.11 As part of a machinery of government change, the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act

Found: the 17 sensitive areas of the economy subject to mandatory notification under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: the 17 sensitive areas of the economy subject to mandatory notification under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: The new UK National Security and Investment Act (NSI) 2021 comes fully into effect from 4 January 2022

Found: • What UK and international laws apply, such as export control and the UK’s National Security and Investment Act

Found: Other regulatory requirements may also apply, such as export controls and the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Commissioner Act 2020 Offence of completing notifiable acquisition without approval s32 – National Security and Investment Act

Found: Related Documents GovS 007: Security National Security and Investment Act 2021 Terminology

Found: and Data Science Conversion Courses and Industrial Funded Masters ■ Monitor and use National Security and Investment Act

Found: and Data Science Conversion Courses and Industrial Funded Masters ■ Monitor and use National Security and Investment Act

Found: TECHNOLOGIESTHROUGH THE NATIONAL AI RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME MONITOR AND USE NATIONAL SECURITY AND INVESTMENT ACT

Found: TECHNOLOGIESTHROUGH THE NATIONAL AI RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME MONITOR AND USE NATIONAL SECURITY AND INVESTMENT ACT

Found: transaction or corporate event is deemed of national security importance under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act

Found: The National Security and Investment Act 202145 gives the UK new powers to scrutinise business transactions

Found: The National Security and Investment Act 2021 and Investment Security Unit remain central to our approach

Found: the Data Protection Act 2018 Sch.15 para.15failing to comply with an order from the National Security and Investment Act

Found: technologies among the list of 17 areas of the economy of priority interest to the National Security and Investment Act

Found: Extend the remit of the National Security and Investment Act to cover the future in-orbit trade of assets

Found: Extend the remit of the National Security and Investment Act to cover the future in-orbit trade of assets

Found: that were not covered by the original agreements, including Brexit, GDPR, and the National Security and Investment Act

Found: This includes: • investment screening to manage high -risk suppliers under the National Security and Investment Act

Found: of critical national infrastructure including energy, and the application of the National Security and Investment Act