Oral Answers to Questions

Michael Fabricant Excerpts

Monday 23rd November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Dunne]

That is why the Government have set up the steel procurement working group, chaired by the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The Ministry of Defence is sitting on that group. We are seeking to ensure that future orders are open to UK firms to tender.

[Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)]

You can bet your bottom dollar, Mr Speaker—or rather, your bottom euro—that European countries will not be abiding by European Union law as far as procurement is concerned. Can my hon. Friend confirm—I am sure he can—that we will do all we can to procure British steel, providing it is of the right quality?

[Mr Dunne]

In accordance with your strictures, Mr Speaker, the answer to that question is yes.