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HANSARDSteel Tariffs(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if he will make a statement on steel tariffs.17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDSteel TariffsI thank the Minister for that statement. Aerospace, the automotive sector, Formula 1, the construction sector, and manufacturing businesses that use steel, which employ 300,000…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD High Street Businesses: Government SupportWhat a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell, and to make common cause with so many hon. Members. Our passion for our high streets—something we share, as…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillWhen it suits the hon. Gentleman, he claims to be a fan of the late Margaret Thatcher, but he seems to have forgotten that most of her time in office was spent untangling the mess…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillMy hon. Friend makes exactly the right point, and that point has been made by other hon. Members and across the manufacturing industry. We are at risk of losing critical parts of…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for his answer. I hope he would agree, cross-party, with the Tony Blair Institute, which has said that the UK must restore “dynamism” to its labour…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillWe have a plan for sustainable steelmaking. The Government do not have a plan for sustainable steelmaking. Ministers themselves have admitted that the blast furnaces in Scunthorpe…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am afraid that the hon. Member ought to look again at the calendar, because I was not only not in Government but not in this House—I was getting on in business trying to help…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillNo, I am going to make some progress on tariffs. A number of hon. Members have raised this very important issue, shedding light on the way that the Government are tilting the…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI will happily give way, as long as the hon. Member is going to talk about our cheap energy plan.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I congratulate the Government on securing the Gulf Co-operation Council deal. Success has many authors, and Members on both sides of the House have been part of these…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI will give way if it is about this particular point.21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThe hon. Member would be better addressing that question to his own Ministers, who, notwithstanding the nationalisation, acknowledged that the blast furnaces will cease—they will…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThere was absolutely a plan before the election to open arc furnaces in Redcar—that was absolutely case—and to move Scunthorpe operations to Redcar. I asked the Secretary of State…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThat was a waste of an intervention. If the hon. Member lets me continue, I will explain exactly what the Conservative plan is for British Steel, and it is a better plan and a…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThe only way we are going to have a sustainable steelmaking industry in this country, and the same applies to the manufacturing sector and our defence supply chain, is lower…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillMy right hon. Friend and my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) have made exactly the right point: we need a more thoughtful approach. I have…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI will be very brief. I thank the Minister for his remarks. One ideological difference he has not mentioned once is the huge gulf between those on our side and his party on…21 May 2026HANSARDBusiness and TradeThe Government do not create jobs; business does. With unemployment rising, this is the last chance to ask the Secretary of State a question ahead of the start of April when a…13 May 2026