The Business and Trade Committee is launching a programme of work to scrutinise the UK Government’s approach to industrial policy, which will examine how industrial policy can be used to build on the UK’s strengths and competitive advantages, enhance economic security and help the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.
The Business and Trade Committee is launching an inquiry into the performance of investment zones and freeports in England. The Committee will examine what progress has been made so far on both investment zones and freeports. It will also consider how England can make the most of these policies now …
The Business and Trade Committee has launched an inquiry into Export-led growth. The Committee will examine how well equipped the UK is to achieve the ambitious target set by the Government for growth in UK exports by the end of the current decade. It will also consider how the UK …
The Committee has launched this inquiry into the supply of batteries for electric vehicle manufacture in the UK, and the viability of battery manufacturing for electric vehicles in the UK. The industry has recently suffered a series of setbacks, including the Government-championed battery start-up Britishvolt entering administration and leading to …
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is launching an inquiry into the UK Labour Market. This next strand of the Committee’s overarching Post-Pandemic Economic Growth inquiry, launched in June 2020, will also build on the work of the Committee’s major inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on businesses …
This inquiry will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the semiconductor industry and its supply chain in the UK.
Semiconductor materials are essential in electronics and are used in computer chips in everything from fridge freezers to airliners. The new inquiry comes amidst an ongoing global shortage of semiconductors that …
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has launched an inquiry into the Government’s plans to decarbonise the UK’s power supply sector.
The inquiry will scrutinise proposals unveiled in the Government’s Energy Security Strategy earlier this year, and the heavy emphasis it placed on scaling up the supply of …
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee is holding an inquiry on Energy pricing and the future of the Energy Market.
The Committee’s inquiry on the retail energy market follows unprecedented surges in wholesale energy prices since the summer and with a number of firms going out of business, including …
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee is to carry out an inquiry into the revised energy National Policy Statements (NPS). The current suite of energy National Policy Statements were designated by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2011. The revised energy NPS were tabled by the Government …