PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Foreign Investment in UK (7 December 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what safeguards his Department has to ensure that rules on mergers and acquisitions do not damage foreign direct investment.

Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

The UK has one of the highest rates of foreign direct investment in the world. Our merger regime, based on transparent rules that are administered by independent bodies, supports this. Ministers can intervene in mergers that concern public interest issues relating to national security, financial stability, and media plurality. This provides confidence to investors.

Answered by:
Margot James (Conservative)
14 December 2016