Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to negotiate tariff-free quotas for UK steel after the UK leaves the EU.

The government continues to seek to engage with the European Commission to discuss the mutual application of the steel safeguard measure with the aim of preserving traditional trade flows and providing as much continuity to industry as possible in a ‘no deal’ scenario. The Commission have however repeatedly refused to meet with UK officials to discuss this matter. My officials stand ready to discuss this with the Commission whenever they are ready.