UK Steel Industry Debate

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UK Steel Industry

David Rutley Excerpts
Monday 11th April 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Well, that is a matter—[Interruption.] Order. That is a matter of interpretation, and the right hon. Gentleman is perfectly entitled so to interpret.

David Rutley Portrait David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con)
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I welcome the steps that my right hon. Friend is taking in the face of very challenging global trends in the steel sector. I am also very grateful for the work that he has been doing to help pharmaceutical science across the UK to be repurposed and revitalised in the face of very challenging global trends. Does he agree that there are lessons there that could be passed on to the steel sector?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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I agree with my hon. Friend. Where jobs are sadly lost in any industry, especially on a large scale, we should look at ways of regenerating the local area. We talked earlier about the sad loss of jobs in Redcar. One of the pieces of work that Lord Heseltine is leading on is how we can attract more inward investment and what tools we can use to regenerate such areas and create more jobs.