Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2016
17 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
Steel Industry (Support)
The minister will be aware that I attended a European Commission conference on fuel-intensive industries and heard the concerns of the industry across Europe in the current economic climate of steel dumping and high fuel costs. Does he share my concern that the United Kingdom Government and the European Commission are taking too long to address the concerns of the industry, and that it is about time they took positive action and provided support such as has been demonstrated by the Scottish Government?
In the same item of business
5. Clare Adamson (Central Scotland) (SNP)
SNP
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support the steel industry. (S4O-05680)
The Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism (Fergus Ewing)
SNP
I chair the multi-agency Scottish steel task force, which was convened immediately after Tata Steel’s announcement that it planned to mothball its Scottish s...
Clare Adamson
SNP
The minister will be aware that I attended a European Commission conference on fuel-intensive industries and heard the concerns of the industry across Europe...
Fergus Ewing
SNP
I share Clare Adamson’s concerns. There is a need for urgent action by both the UK Government and the European Union, and we continue to press the UK Governm...
John Pentland (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab)
Lab
Although that is appreciated, the key question is not what the Scottish Government has done but where it is going. It is now more than five months since Tata...
Fergus Ewing
SNP
John Pentland also sits on the task force, which is a non-political body, and we have all been working together. I am not sure that I accept his characterisa...