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HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI am very pleased to see my right hon. Friend in his place. The key point is that Liberty Steel produces via electric arc furnaces, so it is clean steel. A lot of the steel that…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThere is no “excuse now”. I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman lost me rather when he said that the Government have done nothing. We have heard from all around the House the…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI commend my hon. Friend, who, in his brief time as a Member of Parliament, has made a real impact on these discussions and in representing Redcar. I remember a Redcar that was…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Gentleman makes a very fair point, and he will be pleased to learn that I have spoken to representatives of the Scottish Government. We have mutual and very strong…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. What devastated the steel industry was, as we know, 13 years of Labour Government. We have made it very clear, with our industrial…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI am very happy to defer to you, Mr Speaker; I have huge regard for your position, as I have mentioned many times. With respect to the remarks of the hon. Member for Manchester…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalAs many right hon. and hon. Members will be aware, it would not necessarily be appropriate for me to comment on commercially sensitive matters at this stage. However, I do…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI appreciate that questions are getting very long in this House.25 Mar 2021HANSARDEU Emissions Trading System: Sale of AllowancesIn April 2019, the Government entered into a commercial agreement with British Steel Ltd in relation to their annual obligations under the EU emissions trading system (ETS). This…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalAs the hon. Lady knows, we are always looking at ways in which we can promote green steel and industrial decarbonisation. I have alluded many times to the fact that we published…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI am delighted to see my hon. Friend taking part in these critically important proceedings. I know how hard he has worked not only to win his seat and be an excellent, first-rate…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThere were a lot of questions there. Briefly, on Greensill, we are continually looking at the potential impact. I must say to the hon. Gentleman that we are committed to a future…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI reassure my hon. Friend that the fact that we published the industrial decarbonisation strategy only last week suggests to me, and is a signal to the world of, how seriously we…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe right hon. Lady will know that I cannot possibly comment on that, because it is part of an ongoing series of discussions. We do not really know the full extent of the impact…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI commend my hon. Friend’s work in representing COP26 and doing a great job in engaging with businesses on COP26. I assure him that green steel is very much at the front of our…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy hon. Friend will remember that I was a Minister in the Department for Exiting the European Union, as I think it was called. I do not want to revisit those debates, but I will…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalIt certainly will not be consigned to the history books. We have an excellent firm in Sheffield, Forgemasters, among others. We all know the great history and traditions that…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI am delighted that my hon. Friend has mentioned the Steel Council. I remind right hon. and hon. Members that the Steel Council last met in February 2020. It was a first priority…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI will certainly look into the hon. Lady’s request. This is something that has been brought to my attention and I will try to see if we can publish something soon.25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI welcome my hon. Friend’s report and his contribution to the debate around the green industrial revolution. He is absolutely right that, alongside steel, we should consider all…25 Mar 2021