Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he plans to announce his decision on the Swansea Bay City Deal to the House before any other public forum.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The Swansea Bay City Region City Deal, which was signed by my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister on Monday 20 March, paves the way for substantial investment in South West Wales. It will create in excess of 9,000 jobs and secure almost £1.3bn of investment to the region.
I issued the following Written Ministerial Statement on Monday morning to inform the House that the Government had reached this agreement.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-03-20/debates/17032039000007/UKRegionalInvestment
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent estimate he has made of the level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Wales Office does not procure steel.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 904364, whether he has contacted customers of Tata Steel's strip products division in order to secure the order book; and which customers he has so contacted.
Answered by Alun Cairns
Last week we made a public commitment to Tata customers to reassure them of Government support in securing a sale of Tata UK operations. We, in conjunction with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, continue to work closely with Tata to ensure that their customers and suppliers are aware of all the efforts the UK Government is making to achieve a long-term future for the industry.
I have had meetings recently with companies which form part of Tata supply chain. I visited the Tata site at Shotton on Monday and am visiting the Tata sites at Trostre and Llanwern later this week as a continued effort to keep the dialogue open with the steel making communities.