Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 83312

Aluminium: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on cooperation on aluminium scrap retention.

Answer

Chris McDonald
To date, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and other ministers at the Department for Business and Trade have not held discussions with EU counterparts regarding co-operation on aluminium scrap retention.