Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
2026-06-07 · Department for Business and Trade · 7464 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that UK downstream manufacturers who require steel that is not available in UK are not being placed at a significant disadvantage to their European counterparts.
Answer
Our aim with the new steel trade measure is to strike the right balance: securing the future of domestic capability while maintaining secure supply chains to make the UK economy more resilient in the long term. Where this is not feasible for technical rea...