Thank you for contacting me about the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill.
Large parts of our economy now depend on secure digital infrastructure, and I share your concerns that overreliance on foreign technologies weakens our national security. The Government is betting heavily on US hyper-scalers for our data centres and public services, while introducing regulations that favour large non-UK incumbents over domestic firms. It is important that Ministers are urged to use procurement to build our sovereign tech capabilities instead.
While we urgently need more domestic technology capabilities, I fear that New Clause 13 is a red herring. It is not feasible or possible to achieve full sovereignty in a global market or supply chain, as this proposal demands.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact me.
