Oral QuestionDepartment for Business and Trade

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Industrial Strategy on north Wales.

Tabled: 10 July 2025Answered: 17 July 2025

Asked by

Andrew Ranger

LabourWrexham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds)

I am delighted by the hugely positive response that the industrial strategy has received. It is a plan to lift every part of the country, making it easier and quicker to do business and to invest. For north Wales, with its formidable prowess in advanced manufacturing, it is a very significant set of proposals. The same is true for Wales as a whole, as I demonstrated on Monday at Port Talbot at the groundbreaking of the new electric arc furnace, which will get the enhanced supercharger discounted energy price.