Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
(asked on 5th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project processes to safeguard against national security risks from investment by (i) inappropriate or (ii) hostile overseas sources.
This question was answered on 12th November 2025
National security risk assessments are matters for the Investment Security Unit within the Cabinet Office.