| Heading: |
British Steel: Scunthorpe |
| Question ID: |
1790595 |
| UIN: |
42760 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4638 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
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| Asking Member handle: |
TanDhesi
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@TanDhesi
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has held any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential national security implications arising from the planned closure of Scunthorpe steelworks. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4631 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
LabourSJ
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LabourSJ
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| Answer text: |
National security is a top priority for this government. DBT are working closely with MOD and other Government Departments as we develop the Plan for Steel, the Defence Industrial Strategy, and the Strategic Defence Review respectively, to ensure that key... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |