MPs debate the future of the steel industry

This debate was opened by Anna Turley, Labour MP for Redcar and Tom Blenkinsop, Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

Watch the debate and read the transcript

• Watch Parliament TV: Future of the Steel Industry
• Read Commons Hansard: Future of the Steel Industry

There was also a Commons Library briefing paper produced on the topic of this debate.

• Read Commons Library briefing paper: UK steel industry: statistics and policy

Backbench Business Committee

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The Committee then has to decide how to allocate the limited Parliamentary time it has at its disposal. The Committee's meetings are always conducted in public and can be watched on Parliament TV.

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