Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce controls on the administration of tariff-rate quotas, including any melt and pour requirements; and what measures are in place to prevent the resale of quota by importers without domestic production.

As announced within the Steel Strategy, we are exploring the possibility of introducing a reporting requirement to identify where steel imports were melted and poured, in order to better understand our supply chains and ensure the UK steel industry is protected from global overcapacity. Canada and the US enforce such requirements and the EU will introduce one from October 2026.

Access to quotas is granted by HMRC, and resale of quotas by importers is not permitted. This will be monitored through HMRC and Border Force compliance systems and HMRC will take appropriate enforcement action where cases of non-compliance are detected.