Steel Sector Debate

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Steel Sector

Diana Johnson Excerpts
Monday 18th January 2016

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry
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Yes; and what I will say about my Department is “Thank goodness we have a Conservative Secretary of State.”

Diana Johnson Portrait Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
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May I ask what the Minister’s assessment is of the optimum level for the strategic steel industry, especially in the light of her comments about wanting to use British steel for major UK infrastructure in the future?

Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry
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As I said earlier, the Prime Minister has said that this is a vital industry, and we are absolutely determined to have a sustainable steel industry, producing steel in blast furnaces in Scunthorpe and south Wales.