Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation he undertook with the upstream manufacturers of steel on quotas required before announcing a 50% tariff on steel imports from 1 July 2026.

The Government engaged extensively with both primary steel producers and downstream users across supply chains to inform development of the trade measure, including a Call for Evidence in July 2025. We engaged extensively with industry when developing this measure and have taken a range of views into consideration whilst balancing the need to protect domestic steelmaking with wider impacts on downstream users. We have set quota levels to reflect the specific needs of the UK steel sector, calibrated against the UK’s production capability and demand levels.