Tom Pursglove – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Pursglove on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recently announced steel support package on the steel industry in Scotland.

Anna Soubry

On 28th April, ownership of Tata’s mills in Dalzell and Clydebridge passed to Liberty. The package announced on 21st April is to support a sale of the remaining Tata sites. However, the Scottish plant will benefit from our wider action to help the steel industry, including compensating energy costs.