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Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

Commons · Question 27944 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 14 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative effect on UK downstream manufacturers of (a) the 50 per cent out-of-quota tariff applying under the steel trade measure in

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 14 Sep 2026

The steel trade measure strikes a balance between securing the future of UK steel production and the impact on steel-using industries. The Government took, trade flows and existing trade remedies on relevant steel products into account when designing the ...