Asked by: Warinder Juss (Labour - Wolverhampton West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to phase in the introduction of new reduced quotas and increased tariffs on steel imported from overseas.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The steel trade measure will be introduced from 1 July 2026 to ensure there is no loss of protection when the UK steel safeguard expires.
The Government has carefully designed the new steel trade measure to strike the right balance between protecting UK steelmaking and maintaining fair, competitive supply chains for downstream users.
We recognise the need to manage impacts on businesses, and therefore we are introducing a transitional arrangement so that the measure will not apply to goods already under contract before 14 March and imported between 1 July and 30 September 2026.
We will also review the measure after 12 months to ensure it remains effective.
Asked by: Warinder Juss (Labour - Wolverhampton West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations allowing dormant companies to be appointed to (a) statutory and (b) regulatory roles.
Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It may be appropriate for dormant companies to hold some statutory or regulatory roles. No recent assessment has been undertaken across all statutory and regulatory roles. The Government keeps company law, as a whole, under regular review and makes changes when issues arise. If there is evidence of an issue, the department is happy to look into it.