Written questions

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

Commons · Question 7411 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the cross-government scrap supply working group has been established; and if he will publish (a) a list of meetings held to date and (b) the membership of that working group.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 11 Jun 2026

The Government has created the Metals Circularity Group to ensure a sustainable supply of high-quality scrap for the domestic steel sector whilst considering how a circular economy can aid supply chains for steel, aluminium and critical minerals. The grou...