Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:11 pm ar 8 Tachwedd 2023.
Alex Cunningham
Shadow Minister (Justice)
12:11,
8 Tachwedd 2023
It is clear from today’s comments that the Government are set to abandon more than 2,000 steelworkers in Scunthorpe, just as they abandoned over 3,000 on Teesside eight years ago. That said, I too welcome the news of a new arc furnace for Redcar, but let me give the Minister yet another chance to answer the question from Holly Mumby-Croft and others: are the Government really going to settle for recycled steel and foreign imports, and consign virgin steelmaking in the UK to history?
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