英国时尚产业组织Fashion Roundtable已向首相Andy Burnham递交一份由1200多人签署的公开信，敦促政府改变采购政策，在英国国内生产NHS和国防部的制服1。签署人士包括探险家Ben Fogle和《英国烘焙秀》主持人Patrick Grant等公众人物1。
根据该组织的数据，NHS和国防部每年投入约£120m采购制服，其中55%的采购来自海外生产1。倡议者主张本土制造能够保护国内制造业技能和就业机会1。Patrick Grant表示，"制造业需要稳定的商业和良好的可见度及长期需求，政府采购就是这种东西"1。
组织援引苏格兰的成功案例来支持其观点1。2021年苏格兰在防护用品采购中投入£102.7m，其中88%由国内生产商供应，最终产生了£66.7m的额外经济增值和1400个就业机会1。此外，美国通过1941年颁布的《Berry amendment》法律规定军装必须在国内制造，该市场在2025年的规模已达$1.62bn（约£1.19bn）1。
安全考量也被纳入论证中1。国会议员Iain Duncan Smith曾在7月表示，由中国制造军装构成安全隐患，形容这"相当于1930年代由纳粹德国制造我们的制服"1。
The Fashion Roundtable, a UK industry organization, has delivered an open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham signed by over 1,200 people calling for NHS and Ministry of Defence uniforms to be manufactured within Britain 1. The letter highlights that of the approximately £120 million spent annually on uniforms by these two institutions, 55 percent is currently produced overseas 1. The signatories, who include explorer Ben Fogle and "The Great British Bake Off" presenter Patrick Grant, argue that domestic procurement would protect manufacturing skills and employment in the UK 1.
The organization points to Scotland's pandemic personal protective equipment procurement as a successful precedent, noting that a £102.7 million investment in 2021 resulted in 88 percent of supplies being domestically manufactured, generating £66.7 million in additional economic value and creating 1,400 jobs 1. Supporters also cite the United States' approach, where the Berry Amendment mandates military uniforms be made domestically—a market now valued at £1.19 billion in 2025 1. Patrick Grant stated that "manufacturing needs stable business and good visibility and long-term demand," adding that "government procurement is exactly that kind of thing" 1. Security concerns have also been raised, with former Conservative politician Iain Duncan Smith declaring in July that Chinese-manufactured military uniforms pose a security risk, comparing it to "having our uniforms made by Nazi Germany in the 1930s" 1.
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