Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will endorse the Charter for Sustainable British Steel and amend his Department's procurement policies accordingly.

We support the efforts of the UK steel industry to demonstrate the quality and sustainability of its product. It is for the industry to make this case to all procurement agencies and the wider industry, and, in that regard, we welcome the voluntary charter and I am pleased that a number of Councils have signed up to it.