Oral Question·Foreign and Commonwealth Office
“What steps he is taking to challenge human rights abuses in other countries.”
Tabled: 8 February 2018Answered: 20 February 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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.