Question follow-through · 33014
Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of purchasing wind turbines from Chinese manufacturers on the UK steel industry.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of purchasing wind turbines from Chinese manufacturers on the UK steel industry.
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK steel industry has a long-term future under this Government. This month we launched the Plan for Steel Consultation, to look at the long-term issues facing the industry. This includes assessing how domestic steel producers could fulfil more UK dema...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fair Work Agency
3 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to publish a timeline for the Fair Work Agency becoming fully operational.
Supply Chains: Uyghurs
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to undertake regular assessments of the exposure of supply chains to Uyghur forced labour.
Minerals
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set a target date for the publication of the Critical Minerals Strategy.
Forced Labour
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of new Chinese Regulations on Industrial and Supply Chain Security on companies doing due diligence to check for forced labour.