Debates between Jonathan Reynolds and Mark Pawsey during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Protecting Steel in the UK

Debate between Jonathan Reynolds and Mark Pawsey
Tuesday 23rd January 2024

(10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jonathan Reynolds Portrait Jonathan Reynolds
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I will take an intervention from the Government Benches, then one from my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon), and then I will take no more.

Mark Pawsey Portrait Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)
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Is the hon. Gentleman overlooking the half a billion pounds that the Government will contribute to Port Talbot, or the £1.25 billion in total? When the Business and Trade Committee visited Port Talbot, we saw a plant badly in need of new investment. This Government are bringing forward that investment and securing a future for the steel industry.

Jonathan Reynolds Portrait Jonathan Reynolds
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I am not ignoring that investment; I am making the case that it is a bad deal and that there is a better deal for the resources available that would satisfy far more of our objectives and give a better future to Port Talbot.