Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West and Islwyn)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his officials visited the Newport Wafer Fab prior to the announcement of the divestment decision.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
On 9 May 2022, Government officials with expertise in the semiconductor sector visited the facility and met representatives of Nexperia. The Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy called in the acquisition and began the assessment process on 25 May 2022. As is required under the National Security and Investment Act, the Secretary of State considered all representations made by the company when making the Final Order.
Nov. 16 2022
Source Page: Acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia BV: notice of final orderFound: Acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia BV: notice of final order
Mentions:
1: Vaughan Gething (Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party - None) The time taken by the UK Government to reach its decision to revoke the acquisition of Newport Wafer - Speech Link
2: John Griffiths (Welsh Labour - None) see the recent announcement as an illustration of the difficulties in the steel industry, and with Nexperia - Speech Link
3: Vaughan Gething (Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party - None) On Nexperia, I’ve had a number of direct conversations around this, both with the workforce and indeed - Speech Link
Nov. 16 2022
Source Page: Acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia BV: notice of final orderFound: Acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia BV: notice of final order
Correspondence Nov. 22 2022
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)Found: Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia B.V,
Report Feb. 03 2023
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: site in Newport to a new owner.
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) to divest of at least 86% of its shareholding in Nexperia Newport, formerly Newport Wafer Fab.My decision - Speech Link
2: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) to order Nexperia to sell Newport Wafer Fab at this time and in this way. - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) I welcome the fact that a decision has finally been made on Newport Wafer Fab, but the chaotic process - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) Wafer Fab”—it no longer does “fab”. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Wafer Fab for a national security assessment under the National Security and Investment Act 2021. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lennie (LAB - Life peer) The same Foreign Affairs Committee warned that the sale of Newport Wafer Fab potentially compromises - Speech Link
3: Lord Fox (LDEM - Life peer) Wafer Fab was not worthy of being called in through the National Security and Investment Act. - Speech Link
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 21 November 2022, Official Report, col 35, what steps he is taking to ensure all jobs at the Newport Wafer Fab site are protected following the Final Order notice under the National Security and Investment Act.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The Government understands the importance of Newport Wafer Fab (renamed Nexperia Newport) to the local economy and the South Wales semiconductor Cluster and that this will be an uncertain time for employees. Decisions regarding the day-to-day running of the Newport site is a matter for the owners, but officials will work closely with Nexperia BV to implement the Secretary of State’s decision.
Asked by: Wayne David (Labour - Caerphilly)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the jobs at the Newport Wafer Fab are protected.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The Government understands the importance Nexperia Newport Ltd (formerly Newport Wafer Fab) to the local economy and the South Wales semiconductor Cluster and that this will be an uncertain time for employees. Decisions regarding the day-to-day running of the Newport site are a matter for the owners, but officials will work closely with Nexperia BV to implement the Secretary of State’s decision.