Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 22 May 2019, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Henley.

British Steel

Lords statement on British Steel.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 797 cc1994-2003
Session: 2017-19
Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: British Steel
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Henley | 797 cc1994-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with the leave of the House I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my ...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 797 cc1995-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement on British Steel made in the o...; Lord Fox | 797 cc1997-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made in the other place. Yesterday...; Lord Henley | 797 cc1998-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by agreeing with both noble Lords. I accept the words they used: the noble Lord...; Lord Trefgarne | 797 c1999 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, was there ever any prospect of British Steel being selected to provide all the steel ra...; Lord Henley | 797 c1999 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not know whether that is the case; I will make inquiries. I know that providing st...; Baroness Redfern | 797 c1999 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Scunthorpe site sits in my constituency. For those nearly 5,000 employees and 20,00...; Lord Henley | 797 c1999 (Link to this contribution)
Coming from Lincolnshire, my noble friend knows exactly the problems faced by those employed by B...; Lord West of Spithead | 797 c2000 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is a strategic defence requirement for a capability to produce steel. Thirty-seve...; Lord Henley | 797 c2000 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as far as I am aware, British Steel is not producing steel in large quantities for the ...; Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 797 c2000 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister mentioned Scunthorpe and also Teesside, which was the cradle of the Indust...; Lord Henley | 797 c2001 (Link to this contribution)
I shall not comment on my noble friend’s assertion that Teesside is the cradle of the Industrial ...; Baroness Kramer | 797 c2001 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, can the Minister help me understand the situation so as to better understand the approp...; Lord Henley | 797 c2001 (Link to this contribution)
No, I am not describing a company that has terminal problems. I think that it has a future, and i...; Lord Morris of Aberavon | 797 c2001 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, can the Minister give an assurance that government procurement provides a level playing...; Lord Henley | 797 c2001 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I can expand a little on procurement. As the noble and learned Lord knows, there are ru...; Lord Campbell-Savours | 797 c2001 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the Minister confirm that, in the event that Ministers allow British Steel to fail...; Lord Henley | 797 c2002 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, one ought to make it clear that British Steel is not the only manufacturer of steel in ...; Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate | 797 c2002 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may ask my noble friend about the comprehensive nature of our steel industry....; Lord Henley | 797 c2002 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend is right to draw attention to the fact that this is just one company among a numb...; Lord Brookman | 797 c2002 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to make a brief point. I do not want to be criticised as I was recently wi...; Lord Henley | 797 c2002 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lord for making that point. I do not know whether he was able to hear ...; Lord Judd | 797 c2002 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister has said that he would hope there are alternative facilities available for...; Lord Henley | 797 c2003 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord up to a point. I am sure he would be the first to accept th...; Baroness Altmann | 797 c2003 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, would my noble friend the Minister care to comment on the impact of the private equity ...; Lord Henley | 797 c2003 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend makes an interesting point. My right honourable friend would be the first to say ...
Subjects: British Steel Insolvency Government assistance EU emissions trading scheme Iron and steel Manufacturing industries Official receiver Loans Greybull Capital
Contains statistics: Yes
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British Steel

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