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
Conservative — West 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 McDonaldThe 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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