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UK Steel Industry

Proceeding contribution from Stephen Kinnock (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 January 2016. It occurred during Backbench debate on UK Steel Industry.

On chronology, we hear very often from the Government that all the problems have existed for a long time and that many were building up on Labour’s watch from 1997 to 2010. I accept that point, but there was no Chinese rebar in the British market in 2011. Today, 45% of rebar is Chinese. In the past four years we have seen a total absence of action. The Government

have been asleep at the wheel and the crisis has come to a head. It is important, for the record, that we recognise that the situation has come to a head over the past three to four years.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
604 c671WH 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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