| Heading: |
Tata Steel: Port Talbot |
| Question ID: |
1798090 |
| UIN: |
48785 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5284 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Chadwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Chadwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing the assets Tata Steel in Port Talbot into public ownership. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4631 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
LabourSJ
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LabourSJ
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| Answer text: |
Tata Steel decided to close the blast furnaces at Port Talbot in January 2024, under the previous government. However, we negotiated an improved deal with Tata regarding the transformation of Port Talbot after just 10 weeks in office, with better terms fo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |