Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the closure of the Port Talbot blast furnaces by Tata steel.

Ministry of Defence Ministers and officials have regular meetings with counterparts in other Government Departments on a range of matters including industry and the defence supply chain.

In regard of meetings with UK Steel, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 14 November 2023 to Question number 1039.