Semiconductors: Russia

(asked on 21st July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if officials in her Department will hold discussions with representatives of UK semi-conductor manufacturers on (a) monitoring and cataloguing reports of UK semi-conductor usage within materials used by Russian military forces during the conflict in Ukraine, (b) ensuring all reports of UK semi-conductors in such materials are fully investigated and (c) halting the supply of semi-conductors to manufacturers where their products are used by Russian military forces for the invasion of Ukraine.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 5th September 2022

The Government recognises the importance of semiconductor chips to underpin military capabilities. The UK Government has laid legislation to ban the export to Russia of goods and technology, including semiconductors, that are critical to Russia's military-industrial complex.

Sanctions on Russia imposed by the UK and its international partners are already having deep and damaging consequences for Putin's ability to wage war. The Government is implementing its new controls through the UK's export control regime and is continuing to monitor the impact of these sanctions as the conflict progresses.

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