Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 98778

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin

ConservativeWest Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his timetable is for the (a) consultation on and (b) implementation of the compensation scheme for steel undertakings referenced in his statement of 10 December 2025.

Answer

Chris McDonald
The Government is engaging with Jingye, the owners of British Steel, to find a pragmatic path forward for the future of the company. The Government wishes to make further progress in those discussions before introducing such a scheme. The Government does ...

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