§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an economic assessment of the total impact on jobs and industrial production of the closure of British Steel's production operations in Scotland.
§ Mr. LangBritish Steel has put forward no proposals for the closure of its production operations in Scotland, and Sir Robert Scholey has recently confirmed that his December 1987 statement on the future of the Scottish steel plants still stands. The closure of British Steel plants in Scotland would, of course, have serious consequences for the economy of Lanarkshire in particular.