Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jessica Morden and Holly Mumby-Croft

Thursday 18th May 2023 Commons Chamber

[Jessica Morden (Newport East) (Lab)]

4. What steps she is taking to support the steel sector.

[Holly Mumby-Croft (Scunthorpe) (Con)]

8. What steps her Department is taking to support the steel industry.

[The Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Kemi Badenoch)]

We are actively engaging with the steel industry to secure a positive and sustainable future. Alongside that, my Department announced the British Industry Supercharger in February—a decisive and necessary intervention that will help to reduce energy costs for energy intensive industries such as steel.

UK Steel Industry

Debate between Jessica Morden and Holly Mumby-Croft

Monday 14th September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Jessica Morden (Newport East) (Lab)]

I am grateful to have the opportunity tonight to talk about some of the challenges and the opportunities facing our steel sector, both as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on steel and metal related industries along with the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft) and the secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock), and on behalf of my constituents who work in Tata’s Llanwern site and Liberty Steel in Newport East.

I pay tribute to all those who work in the UK steel industry. They are a dedicated and highly skilled workforce, making world-class products.

[Holly Mumby-Croft (Scunthorpe) (Con)]

I am proud to have spent eight hours in our local steelworks in Scunthorpe in the recess. Choosing to do it on the hottest day of the year was perhaps not my finest move, but I agree with the hon. Member that our steelworkers are incredibly hard-working, dedicated people, and it is hot and difficult work. I hope that she will join me this evening in calling for the Minister to consider setting targets for the amount of UK steel used in public projects; for steel specifications to be published using UK norms; for the long overdue steel public procurement pipeline to be published consistently; to push for other Departments to sign the UK steel charter and for Government-linked projects such as HS2—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)]

Order. I suspect that there might be quite a few interventions in the debate. It is only half an hour, and it is the debate of the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden). I hope that any interventions will be short.