Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:11 pm ar 8 Tachwedd 2023.
Many of my constituents work at Scunthorpe, and we are all obviously deeply concerned about them, but the whole House must be concerned about the Minister’s statements in terms of our national security. There is no other major developed country in the world that is giving up its traditional blast furnaces—the only way we can make virgin steel. Frankly, the Minister did not bother to answer a single one of the brilliant questions from my hon. Friend Holly Mumby-Croft. Will she now make it clear to the House that this Government are committed, as a major economy, to go on making virgin steel? Do it now.