Question follow-through · 94122
Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Investment Security Unit has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project processes to safeguard against national security
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Investment Security Unit has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project processes to safeguard against national security
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Investment Security Unit in the Cabinet Office is responsible for administering the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021, which provides robust investment screening powers for the Government to scrutinise and, where necessary, intervene in ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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