Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 24 April 2025Answered: 1 May 2025
Asked by
Carolyn Harris
Labour — Neath and Swansea East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Industry (Sarah Jones)
My hon. Friend and several other Welsh colleagues have been talking to me about this. We renegotiated the deal with Port Talbot and the £500 million that goes alongside that. I had a good meeting this week with Blastr, which is looking to build an iron pellet plant at the Port Talbot site if possible, and we are trying to support that. Of course, our focus in recent weeks has been on Scunthorpe and British Steel, but the steel fund remains. The steel plan is still being worked on, which is very broad and hopes to lift the entire UK steel industry.