Question follow-through · 6486
Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the significance of sovereign semiconductor manufacturing capacity to (a) UK defence manufacturing and (b) UK national security and resilience.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the significance of sovereign semiconductor manufacturing capacity to (a) UK defence manufacturing and (b) UK national security and resilience.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Defence Industrial Strategy sets out our approach to investing in and onshoring the necessary industrial capabilities for sovereign national security and to boost UK economic growth. It recognises semiconductors as a priority sub-sector critical to mo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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