Committees

Industrial Strategy

Inquiry

Our first industrial strategy inquiry will take a comprehensive look at the Government's proposals for a 10-year modern industrial strategy, as set out in Invest 2035.  We will scrutinise the proposals in the Government’s Green Paper, and its forthcoming White Paper, and make recommendations for the Comprehensive Spending Review. 

 

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 21 February 2025.

Upcoming events

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Wednesday 26 March 2025
3:45pm Private
4:00pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 26 March 2025
4:00pm
  • Sarah Jones MP (Minister for State for Industry at Department for Business and Trade, and Minister for State for Industry at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  • Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP (Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry at Ministry of Defence)
  • Barnaby Kistruck OBE (Director of Industrial Strategy, Prosperity and Exports at Ministry of Defence)
  • Neil Johnson (Director, Materials in the Business Group at Department for Business and Trade)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Past events

Tuesday 18 March 2025
2:15pm Private
2:30pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 18 March 2025
2:30pm
  • Rajesh Nair (Chief Executive at Tata Steel UK)
  • Jon Bolton (Chair at Materials Processing Institute, and Co-Chair at Steel Council)
  • Allan Bell (Chief Commercial Officer at British Steel)
  • Alasdair McDiarmid (Assistant General Secretary at Community)
3:15pm
  • Mr Adam Forgiel-Jenkins (Managing Director of Government Relations at BAE Systems)
  • John Howie MBE (Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Babcock International)
  • Oriel Petry (Senior Vice President at Airbus UK)
  • Chris Daniels (Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Flare Bright)
4:00pm
  • Shaun Grady (Chair at AstraZeneca plc)
  • Tom Keith-Roach (UK Country President at AstraZeneca plc)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 4 March 2025
2:30pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 4 March 2025
2:30pm
  • Sir John Bell (President at Ellison Institute of Technology)
  • Steve Bates OBE (Chief Executive at The BioIndustry Association)
  • Audrey Yvernault (Vice President, Global Corporate Government Affairs and Policy at GSK)
3:15pm
  • Miles Celic (Chief Executive Officer at TheCityUK)
  • Stevan Randjelovic (Head of Public Policy and Industry Affairs at WPP)
  • Ramon Kaur (Director of Policy and Public Affairs at EY UK)
4:00pm
  • Peter Stephens (Director, UK Government Partnerships at ARM)
  • Paul Morris (Head of Government Affairs at Vodafone)
  • Anthony Walker (Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Tech UK)
  • Steve Brierley (Founder and CEO at Riverlane)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 11 February 2025
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 11 February 2025
2:15pm
  • Professor Diane Coyle (Bennett Professor of Public Policy at University of Cambridge, and Co-Director at Bennett Institute for Public Policy)
  • Professor Mariana Mazzucato (Professor in Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), and Founding Director at Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), University College London (UCL))
  • Sir Charlie Mayfield (Member of the previous Industrial Strategy Council and Founder and Chairman at Be the Business)
3:00pm
  • Clare Barclay (Chair at Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, and President of Enterprise and Industry EMEA at Microsoft)
3:30pm
  • Kate Bell (Assistant General Secretary at Trade Union Congress (TUC))
  • Jordan Cummins (Interim Chief Policy and Campaigns Officer at Confederation of British Industry (CBI))
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: commonsbtc@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8586 (General enquiries) | 020 7219 4984 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Business and Trade Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA