Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Sector Deal for Steel - Dec 19
Wednesday, 20 December 2017 08:15
Jessica Morden (Newport East) (Lab):...Some of the companies are in
my constituency. There are Tata’s plants at Llanwern and Orb and
the relatively new entrant Liberty, which is expanding fast. Those
two companies were among the six involved in drawing up the steel
sector deal proposal. With Tata’s Llanwern Zodiac plant in Newport
East, the investment by the company in the auto-finishing line, and
Orb’s electrical steel capabilities, there is a real opportunity
for the UK to establish...Request free
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(Newport East)
(Lab):...Some of the companies are in my constituency.
There are Tata’s plants at Llanwern and Orb and the relatively new
entrant Liberty, which is expanding fast. Those two companies were
among the six involved in drawing up the steel sector deal
proposal. With Tata’s Llanwern Zodiac plant in Newport East, the
investment by the company in the auto-finishing line, and Orb’s
electrical steel capabilities, there is a real opportunity for the
UK to establish itself as one of the foremost suppliers of steel to
the automotive industry, especially for electric cars. We therefore welcome the
Government’s automotive sector deal conversations and their
ambition to increase domestic content to 50% in British-made
vehicles, but we in Newport are acutely aware that we need a
thriving, competitive steel industry to do that, which is why a
sector deal for steel is needed...
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