Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nick Hurd and Christina Rees

Tuesday 31st January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Christina Rees (Neath) (Lab/Co-op)]

T2. European Commission state aid approval for the steel industry is still not in place. Will the Secretary of State guarantee that compensation under the energy industrial package will be provided by the UK Government until the exemption is finally introduced?

[The Minister for Climate Change and Industry (Mr Nick Hurd)]

Of course it will continue. We are in discussions about the mechanics of that, as part of a broader conversation that the Secretary of State and I are having with senior management of the steel industry and trade unions about securing a sustainable future for the industry.