Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 79791
Electric Glass Fiber UK
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department considered intervening in the closure of Electric Glass Fiber UK, in the context of previous interventions in British Steel.
Answer
Chris McDonaldThe closure of Electric Glass Fiber UK in June 2025 and the loss of 250 jobs was a great disappointment. In the lead up to the final decision to close, HMG was significantly involved at ministerial and official level to broker a deal between EGF UK’s pare...
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