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UK Steel Industry

Debate between Nicholas Dakin and Angela Eagle
Monday 29th February 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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We need to have an industrial strategy, and we have to ensure that imports into this country are appropriately priced and fairly traded.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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My hon. Friend is setting out her stall very clearly. Does she not agree that it is particularly important that there is fair trade when a strategic foundation industry that is important to manufacturing, defence and other core activities is being challenged in this way?

Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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My hon. Friend is exactly right. I could not agree more about the strategic importance of foundation industries, of which steel is a key one.