Member

To conclude, I support the Government’s approach to the Bill and have been happy to set out some of my thoughts on the amendments from across the Committee. Given the importance of steel, it is entirely right that the Bill seeks to move us to a more proactive position and to give Ministers more options to act in the national interest. That is important not only to provide a more secure future for the sovereign supply of steel, but to avoid the permanent loss of our country’s steel-producing capacity.