Steel Council
(asked on 8th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many meetings of the Steel Council have taken place since its establishment; and which Ministers attended each of those meetings.
Answered by
Chris McDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 11th June 2026
The Steel Council was re‑established in January 2025 to support the development of the UK Steel Strategy. Since then, the Council has met five times, with all meetings attended by the Minister for Industry. Additional Ministers have attended meetings as follows:
- 7 January 2025: Secretary of State for Business and Trade; Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government; Minister for the Economy, Northern Ireland Executive
- 8 April 2025: Secretary of State for Business and Trade
- 14 July 2025: Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office; Minister for Public Finance of Scotland, Scottish Government
- 4 November 2025: Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government
- 19 March 2026: Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government