Steel Industry
Debate between Margaret Ferrier and Angela Smith(9 years, 1 month ago)
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Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (SNP)
I welcome the opportunity to speak up once again on behalf of my constituents at Clydebridge as they are facing an uncertain future. I know how they must be feeling right now. All too often politicians are accused of having no real-life experience, but I know only too well how it feels to be made redundant. The wait that steelworkers at Tata Steel are currently going through to find out whether they will still have a job in a few weeks is agonising. There is never a good time to lose a job, but job losses would be utterly devastating for those workers.
The Scottish steel taskforce meets tomorrow for the first time. I will be there, and I hope that the pragmatic approach taken will help to find a buyer who can continue commercial production at those sites.
Angela Smith
Will the taskforce consider the importance of the construction of Trident submarines to keeping steel jobs in Scotland?
Margaret Ferrier
No.
The force involves multiple stakeholders of various political persuasions, as well as those of none.