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Parliament being recalled to debate British Metal in Scunthorpe

By Editorial Board Published April 11, 2025 3 Min Read
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Parliament being recalled to debate British Metal in Scunthorpe

Parliament is being recalled to debate the way forward for British Metal in Scunthorpe.

MPs are being summoned again from Easter recess to Westminster, and can sit from 11am on Saturday, the Home of Commons has confirmed.

That led to fears the Scunthorpe plant, the final blast furnaces left working in Britain, may very well be compelled to shut as early as subsequent month.

It’s understood that through the Saturday sitting, MPs will talk about the way forward for British Metal and approve a legislative measure to cease the furnaces being turned off.

Politicians had left Westminster for his or her Easter break on Tuesday and weren’t attributable to return till Tuesday 22 April.

The final time parliament was recalled was on 18 August 2021 to debate the state of affairs in Afghanistan.

This would be the thirty fifth recall throughout a recess since 1948.

The Home of Commons stated Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has granted a request from the federal government for parliament to be recalled at 11am on Saturday 12 April “to take forward legislative proposals to ensure the continued operation of British Steel blast furnaces is safeguarded”.

The British Metal plant in Scunthorpe has the UK’s final working blast furnaces.

The federal government has been in negotiations with each British Metal and Jingye all through the week with talks persevering with on Friday.

This morning, Chancellor Rachel Reeves stated that “all options remain on the table” by way of saving British Metal.

Sir Keir Starmer had used the identical line the day earlier than, including that demand for metal was “likely to go up, not down, which is why it’s very important to do everything we can”.

There have been calls from Reform for the corporate to be nationalised – although the Conservatives have stated a “commercial solution” needs to be discovered as a substitute.

Enterprise and Commerce Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and officers met with the chief executives of Jingye and British Metal on Wednesday for discussions on steelmaking in Scunthorpe.

A press release launched after the assembly stated: “Both sides welcomed continued cooperation in talks to find a way forward.

“The UK authorities thanked Jingye for his or her respect for the workforce throughout this course of, and work continues at tempo to discover a decision.”

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