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HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI am afraid I have to disappoint the right hon. Member, as I am not on the verge of anything. I repeat what I said, because it is the right thing to do: we will continue to…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksThat is what we were telling the previous Government for many years. British Steel is owned by a Chinese company because the purchase was made under the last Government in a…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we talked about exactly that at the Business and Trade Committee. This country has seen a significant decline in steel manufacturing over…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI can reassure the hon. Lady that we are developing a long- term plan in the industrial strategy. We are developing the plan for steel, as I have said, and alongside that we have…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI will repeat what I have said: we are looking at all the options on the table; we are talking to British Steel about the right outcome; and we will do what is right for our…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI would be happy to come to my hon. Friend’s constituency to have a look at and to talk to some of the people who work in the steel business. Huge numbers of organisations and…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksAs I said about 10 days ago, economics and jobs, not ideology, will drive the decisions that we make. The hon. Member is right to point to lots of speculation about the need to…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for pointing out that the uncertainty that has existed for many years is difficult for people, and that if they can secure jobs…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksNo, absolutely not, and I am disappointed that the hon. Member would speak in that way. As he knows, we are having a conversation about a potential deal that we believe is there…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI appeared before this House on 27 March, just moments after British Steel’s devastating announcement of early asset closures at Scunthorpe and its commercial decision to consult…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this urgent question and for his comments. I know we will continue to talk and have honest conversations. Jingye is very much talking to…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to talk about how we can give comfort in what is a very difficult time; we are not shying away from that at all. The immediate support that…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksI meet house builders regularly; I have some meetings with them today. The production and recycling of steel is important to construction, as are some of the off-takes from steel…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksMadam Deputy Speaker, you will recognise the conversations that we are having from your experience as Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksI am very much looking forward to the meeting with my hon. Friend’s constituents, who are an important part of the steel chain. He makes an important point: we make many different…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksI will certainly ensure that we do not do anything that reduces our ability to stand on our own two feet. I can give the right hon. Gentleman that assurance.27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksI can reassure my hon. Friend that the Treasury is completely committed to having a plan for steel. We talked to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor a lot about this when we were…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksThrough our plan for steel and the £2.5 billion that we are investing in the steel industry, we are aiming to do exactly that, to keep the industry going. I invite the hon.…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksI am sure the hon. Gentleman knows that this is a private company that will make decisions of its own. We are operating within that environment. We have put an offer on the table…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksI know that my hon. Friend is working hard on behalf of his constituents; I appreciated being able to talk to him in the run-up to this. I can reassure him that this Government…27 Mar 2025