Member

Secondly, I want to speak up for downstream steel SMEs. We have several steel processing firms in my constituency, including Davro Steel, which takes steel and adds value through processing and distribution, supplying manufacturers that depend on reliable specifications and timings and price stability. However, those businesses are anxious about the direction of travel on steel tariff safeguards and quotas, because measures that protect larger players in the sector can, if designed poorly, raise input costs or restrict supply for downstream SMEs. I hope the Minister can reassure the House that he will look at the whole value chain, not just the headline producers, when the Government deploy the increased assistance enabled by clause 1.