Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Kinnock and Margaret Ferrier

Thursday 15th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon) (Lab)]

What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure a level trading field for UK steel producers while the EU and US maintain import controls on steel goods.

[Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Ind)]

What steps her Department is taking to help ensure a level trading field for UK steel producers while the EU and US maintain import controls on steel goods.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade (Mr Ranil Jayawardena)]

The Government back the British steel industry, as we have heard already this morning, and the unjustified US tariffs on steel, aluminium and derivatives imports from Britain are completely unfair and wholly unnecessary. Our rebalancing measures in response to the US section 232 on additional tariffs show that we will defend the British national interest and the rules-based system.