§ Mr. Mulleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to alleviate the shortage of scrap for the special steels sector of the industry in Sheffield; and if he will set up a departmental or other inquiry into the problems, covering the methods of collection as well as sources of supply, meanwhile restricting the export of such scrap.
§ Mr. EmerySteel scrap used in the manufacture of special high-alloys steels, like other high-grade scrap, is already banned for export. Because this scrap commands a high value there is already every incentive to ensure its collection and sale to steelworks for reprocessing. I am not convinced that setting up an inquiry would help to collect any more scrap.