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HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am really grateful that my hon. Friend has been able to put that point on the record for his community, to avoid the kind of situation we have seen in lots of industrial…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillOur friends in the press will follow that up and find out exactly how much money the Leader of the Opposition secretly promised to Jingye to transfer those jobs out of Scunthorpe.…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. We meet in exceptional circumstances to take exceptional action in what are exceptional times. Our request to recall…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am extremely grateful to the right hon. Member and his party for their presence today. He will not draw me on the other principal issue that we have been dealing with at the…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThe hon. Member puts it extremely well, if I may say so. The people who have upheld steel as the backbone of construction in the UK for decades deserve better treatment than they…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillAs I tried to articulate in my opening speech on Second Reading, I understand the gravity of the situation, which gives puts some context to the demands for further powers to be…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Billrose—12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillWill the right hon. Lady give way on that point?12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI do not want to embarrass the right hon. Lady, but the blast furnaces have already closed at Port Talbot. They are not available to be saved —that situation has moved on. Let me…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI believe that that is on the record. I hope to convince all colleagues today to support this action, which is in the national interest.12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThis is such an important point, and I will be exceptionally brief, but the right hon. Gentleman knows from debates that he and I have been in that I am obsessed with the issue of…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am incredibly pleased to have the chance to answer the point my hon. Friend raises. The Port Talbot deal was originally negotiated by the previous Government. I did try to…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillIf such a deal was negotiated, somehow in secret, I ask the Leader of the Opposition to say how much money she agreed to give Jingye for this deal and what conditions were placed…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillWe remain in close engagement with all the unions, which have been monitoring the situation closely. Again, I reiterate that the Bill is not in itself about a change of ownership;…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThis is an excellent chance to clarify that. If the Leader of the Opposition agreed a deal with Jingye to cause massive job losses in Scunthorpe and transfer the jobs to a…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI will take one more intervention.12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for putting that point on the record. It is precisely because of those concerns that we were able to have ready a legal route to…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI think I must progress, Mr Speaker. I can see your indication to do so.12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI will give way one last time.12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI endorse my hon. Friend’s comments entirely. I do not believe there is a history of the SNP calling for the nationalisation of Grangemouth. It was, as ever, on the bandwagon. I…12 Apr 2025