Chinese Products and Companies: Human Rights Violations

Lord Dobbs Excerpts

Tuesday 20th July 2021 Lords Chamber

[Lord Dobbs (Con)]

My Lords, we live in a “chips with everything” world and have recently seen what disruption to the supply of semiconductors can do in closing down vital manufacturing industries in this country. Taiwan is the biggest supplier in the world of semiconductors, and what happens there matters. What plan or strategy do the Government have to ensure that our manufacturing industries can deal with any disruption of supply?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

Supply to these markets is obviously important, certainly when talking about the Far East. Looking at that area, although I do not have figures on Taiwan, some crucial goods are imported and exported, and it is therefore important to keep those lines open.