PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Science, Innovation and Technology - 29 January 2026 (Commons/Written Corrections)

My right hon. Friend is right to mention the impact on supply chains. In the west midlands, we recently had the cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover. That had a significant impact not just on that company, but on the supply chain, which has its roots right through the west midlands. That essential part of our economy was brought to a grinding halt by a cyber-attack. Will he confirm that this Bill will help prevent such instances from happening in the future?

… I should say to my hon. Friend, and I will come to it later, that Jaguar Land Rover and other private organisations are not in the scope of this Bill.

[Official Report, 6 January 2026; Vol. 778, c. 174.]

Written correction submitted by the Minister for Digital Government and Data, the right hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray):

… I should say to my hon. Friend, and I will come to it later, that Jaguar Land Rover and certain other private organisations are not in the scope of this Bill.

The following extract is from the Second Reading debate on the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill on 6 January 2026.

With the exception of data centres, reportable incidents that affect operators of essential services would need to have affected the operation of significant network and information systems right across the entity, and to have a significant national security impact.

[Official Report, 6 January 2026; Vol. 778, c. 227.]

Written correction submitted by the Under-Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Kanishka Narayan):

With the exception of data centres, reportable incidents that affect operators of essential services would need to have affected the operation of network and information systems, and to have a significant impact.