Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 11 September 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Jonathan Reynolds.

Port Talbot Transition Project

Statement on the future of the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 753 cc827-840
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department for Business and Trade
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Llinos Medi | 753 c835 (Link to this contribution)
The loss of virgin steel production in Wales is a serious economic blunder that will devastate th...; Lindsay Hoyle | 753 c832 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee.; Andrew Murrison | 753 c836 (Link to this contribution)
The wholesale price of electricity in this country is already pretty much the highest in Europe, ...; Greg Smith | 753 cc829-831 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for giving me advance sight of his statement. I wish I could say t...; Alan Gemmell | 753 c840 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the deal that he has announced. As a former British trade ...; Priti Patel | 753 c834 (Link to this contribution)
I listened to the statement from the Secretary of State with interest. Will he specifically say, ...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c834 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right hon. Member for her questions. We will see the strategy in spring next...; Catherine Fookes | 753 c834 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for today’s announcement and for reminding us of the role that steel...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c834 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend very much for her question. Let me say again that I wish that we were in a...; Bob Blackman | 753 c834 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman mentions procurement, and over countless years we have had statements an...; Richard Tice | 753 c837 (Link to this contribution)
The truth is—and the country needs to know this—that the thousands of jobs and the loss of the bl...; Matt Western | 753 c833 (Link to this contribution)
That is incredibly gracious of you, Mr Speaker. [Laughter.] I think your words were heard across ...; Nick Timothy | 753 c838 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. As a supporter of industrial strategy, I welcom...; Jessica Morden | 753 c839 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, which shows the priority that the Government ar...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 cc827-830 (Link to this contribution)
With your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on the improved deal that this...; Lindsay Hoyle | 753 c829 (Link to this contribution)
I call the shadow Minister.
12.47 pm; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 cc831-2 (Link to this contribution)
I have been a Member of Parliament for 14 years, in which I have seen some interesting political ...; Liam Byrne | 753 c832 (Link to this contribution)
I am not yet Chair of the Committee, Mr Speaker, but fingers crossed. I welcome the Secretary of ...; Lindsay Hoyle | 753 c832 (Link to this contribution)
Order. May I say to Members, especially senior Members, that when they speak facing the opposite ...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c832 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are not just seeking to deliver new, improved transi...; Lindsay Hoyle | 753 c833 (Link to this contribution)
I call the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrat party.; Sarah Olney | 753 c833 (Link to this contribution)
Steelmaking is of vital strategic importance to the UK. We need it to build the crucial infrastru...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c833 (Link to this contribution)
I very much welcome the hon. Member’s words and her recognition of the improvements that we have ...; Lindsay Hoyle | 753 c833 (Link to this contribution)
I call the other potential Chair of the Select Committee.; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c833 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and to you, Mr Speaker, for your very skilful in...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c835 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Member for his question and very much agree with him. As the shadow Sec...; Torsten Bell | 753 c835 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for all his hard work in recent months. It i...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c835 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and for recently visiting the site to speak to management...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c835 (Link to this contribution)
The levels of ambition and resource that we have as a new Government are actually greater than th...; Steve Witherden | 753 c836 (Link to this contribution)
What discussions has the Secretary of State had with the workforce and their unions about this im...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c836 (Link to this contribution)
The answer is a great many, as my hon. Friend will understand. I have always been conscious not j...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c836 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman will know that this has long been a campaigning issue of mine. I have ta...; Bill Esterson | 753 c837 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this improved deal. I know how hard he has worked...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c837 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for all his support during our years in opposition, when we tackled many o...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 cc837-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid that the hon. Member is misinformed as to what this is about. The issue is that these...; Luke Myer | 753 c838 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to introducing a new steel strategy. Steel is not a s...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c838 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right to make that point. We cannot say enough that this is not a sunset indust...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c838 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s support for industrial strategy. I have said many times that there...; Pamela Nash | 753 c839 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Secretary of State on announcing the steel strategy after such a short period ...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c839 (Link to this contribution)
There are future opportunities, particularly from renewables, some of the steels that will be nec...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c839 (Link to this contribution)
I say again that had the election not been called, a statement such as this would not have been n...; Jim Shannon | 753 c839 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State very much for his statement, and I welcome his endeavours, which I...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c840 (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the hon. Member for his support for what we have announced. Having a c...; Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c840 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Although I know that the workforce has, at times, been frustrate...
Subjects: Capital investment Iron and steel Manufacturing industries Redundancy pay Redundancy Training Port Talbot Furnaces Tata Steel
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Port Talbot Transition Project

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