Member

I am concerned that, given the importance of steel to defence and to our critical national infrastructure, forcing the publication of the details set out in new clause 5 could compromise our national security, given that we are talking about using steel for such vital purposes. I say respectfully to the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness that, of course, Reform’s slightly muddled position on steel strikes me as nothing new. In 2023, Reform appeared to oppose intervention in Scunthorpe; now it proudly supports it. Last year, Reform talked of reopening blast furnaces in Port Talbot; I noticed that that pledge had disappeared from its manifesto for the recent Senedd elections.