Committee publication · Correspondence · 17 September 2025
Letter to Jaguar Land Rover on the approach to supplier confidentiality following cyber attack, 17 September 2025
From: Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls
Inquiry: UK economic security
Summary
The Business and Trade Sub-Committee writes to Jaguar Land Rover's CEO requesting urgent clarification on supplier confidentiality agreements following a cyber attack disrupting the automotive supply chain. The committee seeks to understand whether confidentiality clauses—including those embedded in insurance policies—are preventing suppliers from disclosing operational or financial distress to Parliament, Government, and affected communities.
Key findings
- JLR suppliers may be constrained by confidentiality agreements or protocols that limit disclosure of cyber attack impacts to external parties, Parliament, and Government
- Committee is concerned that such restrictions could impede rapid identification and assessment of disruption across the automotive supply chain
- Insurance policy confidentiality provisions may have unintended consequences on Government and Parliament's ability to respond to the ongoing incident
- Committee requests urgent response by 23 September 2025 given the urgency of the ongoing cyber incident
Tone
ProceduralTopics
Key actors
Business and Trade Committee, Adrian Mardell, Jaguar Land Rover, UK Parliament
Notable line
“Land Rover suppliers can communicate any operational or financial distress they are experiencing, both internally and to external parties …”
Key Quotes
“… it is essential that Jaguar Land Rover suppliers can communicate any operational or financial distress they are experiencing, both internally and to external parties, including affected communities, this Committee and to Government”
Source · parliament.uk record ↗