I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Is he aware of the contribution that steel makes to the submarine supply chain? That led the Community union to argue forcefully that the Labour party should continue to support it. Furthermore, Graham Honeyman, the managing director of Sheffield Forgemasters, is clear that the company cannot survive if it loses the order for the Successor submarine programme.
UK Steel Industry
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Walney
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 January 2016.
It occurred during Backbench debate on UK Steel Industry.
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