Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 49568

British Steel: Scunthorpe

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is his policy to not allow another Chinese partner for the Scunthorpe steel plant.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Our unique and unprecedented action was related to an individual company no longer acting in good faith. No decisions have yet been made about British Steel's long-term future - that will come at a later date.More broadly, the UK remains open to Chinese i...
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