British Steel
Debate between Melanie Onn and Andrew Stephenson(5 years, 6 months ago)
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Andrew Stephenson
The Government are working to support the sector. As I have just mentioned, a £120 million bridging facility has been supplied to British Steel to support its EU emissions trading system compliance, which demonstrates that graphically. In the past few weeks, we have been working with the sector on high energy costs, we are working with the sector to reduce its carbon emissions and we are working across the board to support all regions of the United Kingdom.
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby) (Lab)
What reassurance can the Minister offer to the many apprentices who work at the Scunthorpe plant from my Great Grimsby constituency and to the colleges that arrange those apprenticeships in the event that the Government’s intervention is not sufficient?
Andrew Stephenson
Media speculation about this site and about the financial future of this site is unhelpful. If we have anything to say we will update the House when there is more information available.