Question follow-through · 47360
Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the use of powers in the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the use of powers in the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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12 May 2025
Answer published
The Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 gives Government the power to direct British Steel’s board and workforce, ensure they get paid, and order the raw materials to keep the blast furnaces running in Scunthorpe. We will report regularly to Parlia...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Trade
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Trade Agreements: India
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7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to Question (a) 47358, (b) 47359, (c) 47360, (d) 47361 and (e) 47362 tabled by the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs on 23 April 2024.
New Businesses: Venture Capital
19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK-based start-ups raised venture-capital rounds that included at least one overseas investor in each of the last five years; and what the total capital raised in those rounds was in each year
Domicil: Taxation
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations the Minister for Investment has received on the decision to end the remittance basis of taxation.
British Steel
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations his Department has made to the Office for National Statistics on the economic classification assessment of British Steel.
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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British Steel: Scunthorpe
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the lifespan of the blast furnaces at British Steel in Scunthorpe.
British Steel
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the ONS's classification of British Steel as part of the public non-financial corporations subsector.
Small Businesses: Parental Leave
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to parental leave entitlements on small and medium-sized enterprises, as part of the ongoing review.