Written questions

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

2026-06-02 · Department for Business and Trade · 6450 · Official question

Kevin Hollinrake

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that proposed steel quotas and tariffs do not apply to steel categories that are not manufactured in the UK but fall within broader product categories; and

Answer

The new steel trade measure has been designed to only cover steel requirements that can be met in the UK. Where this is not feasible for technical reasons, quota sizes are being set with the aim of allowing continued availability of goods to UK downstream...