Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 122095

Iron and Steel: Excise Duties

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin

ConservativeWest Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on inflation.

Answer

Chris McDonald
The UK’s steel industry is fundamental to UK manufacturing, the UK’s critical national infrastructure and defence. Steel overcapacity is distorting markets, artificially driving down prices and threatening the viability of our already fragile domestic ste...

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