Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 43813

British Steel: Nationalisation

Tabled: 3 April 2025

Answered: 8 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to take British Steel into temporary public ownership (a) before the remaining blast furnaces are closed down and (b) until the future of virgin steel production in the UK

Answer

Sarah Jones

Our priority is respecting workers, safeguarding jobs, and retaining steelmaking. We have been clear that the best way forward is for British Steel to continue as a commercially run business with private investment and Government acting in support. We cal...

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