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HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Gentleman makes a legitimate point. The collapse of a company like Greensill has ramifying effects, and I, Ministers and officials in the Department are looking closely…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI am delighted to relate to my hon. Friend that she is absolutely right. We need to retrain people in new green technologies, which is precisely why I, as energy Minister, with my…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Gentleman will know that officials often meet with a range of businesses affected by policy changes—that is part of policy development—but it is always done with proper…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI would like to reassure my hon. Friend. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister was absolutely right to say that we need a huge amount of steel—about 5 million tonnes—over the…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor is fully aware of the importance of the sector. The hon. Gentleman will know—I think he attended the Steel Council where this issue was…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI assure my hon. Friend that we are committed to the steel industry in the UK. That is why, last week, we published the industrial decarbonisation strategy, which I was very…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI would be very happy to work with my hon. Friend to protect jobs. She is doing a great job of representing her constituents. All I would say on this is that we published last…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Gentleman is quite right. The company has a range of assets spread across England and Wales, in particular, and we are looking very closely at what specific assets and…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI reassure my hon. Friend, whom I have met on several occasions on precisely this issue, that we remain committed to decarbonised steel and a decarbonised industrial strategy,…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalOn procurement, I want to relay to the hon. Lady that we have constructed in government a UK Steel and BEIS Procurement Taskforce, which met for the first time only a couple of…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to point to electricity and energy costs. I am in regular contact with my right hon. Friend the Chancellor to see what can be done to…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalObviously, I completely reject the hon. Lady’s characterisation of what goes on. She will know that officials often meet huge numbers of business people who are affected by…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalObviously, I entirely agree with everything that my hon. Friend has said. Reflecting on two years as a Minister within the Department, I can tell her that we have had the 10-point…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThat is a fair question, but the hon. Lady will appreciate that the assets in Scotland relate particularly to aluminium smelting, whereas in England and Wales their job is really…25 Mar 2021HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas and Clean Energy TransitionToday I am delighted to announce a landmark agreement between the Government and the oil and gas industry—the North sea transition deal—to support the industry’s transition to…24 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Steel ProductionI thank the hon. Lady for meeting me on 10 March to discuss this vital issue. It is of course a commercially sensitive matter that the Government are monitoring extremely closely.23 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Steel ProductionThe hon. Lady will know that in my meetings with management and relevant union leaders, I have always stressed that the management plans need to be worked through. We are…23 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Steel ProductionThe hon. Lady will know that we have a repeated and often stated commitment to decarbonisation in our industry. It was only last week that we published, under the leadership of my…23 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn my two months as the BEIS Secretary of State, I have now held meetings with more than 200 businesses across the United Kingdom listening to their concerns and their hopes for…23 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and others to discuss these important issues. As my hon. Friend mentioned, the high street is clearly a hugely important part of our…23 Mar 2021