Alex Cunningham
Main Page: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)Steel Industry
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Mr Speaker
The hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr Skinner) is many things, but he has never been accused of being what might be called a silent lamb. I think we are clear about that.
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)
Steel is one of our foundation industries, and it can still be saved. Will the Minister examine the European material from the North East of England Member of the European Parliament, Judith Kirton-Darling, to see just how the state can properly intervene? Will he do that before Teesside and other parts of the UK follow the same path to ruin as Ravenscraig in central Scotland, where the community has still not recovered, 25 years later?
Sajid Javid
That is a good suggestion, and we would be quite happy to meet her.