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star this property date less than 2020-01-06more like thismore than 2020-01-06
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies on the steel industry of the views expressed by the chairman of Tata Sons in The Sunday Times on 5 January 2020; and if she will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-01-09more like thismore than 2020-01-09
star this property answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting a productive, vibrant and modern steel sector in the UK. As part of our support, the Government is taking wide-ranging action including compensation for energy costs, supporting innovation and clean steel production, and working with the industry to roll out steel procurement guidance.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation with Tata closely and remain in regular contact with the company, unions and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to working constructively with members across the House of Commons on matters relating to the steel sector.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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less than 2020-01-09T10:06:39.41Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-09T10:06:39.41Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock more like this
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star this property date less than 2020-03-24more like thismore than 2020-03-24
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to classify steelworkers as key workers to ensure the maintenance of blast furnaces during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 34351 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-04-21more like thismore than 2020-04-21
star this property answer text <p>During this time of unprecedented disruption, the Government has not asked all businesses to shut; it is important for businesses to carry on where possible. That being said, only those who cannot work from home should travel to workplaces – I recognise that this will include many steel workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided updated, tailored guidance on social distancing; these and other measures should be implemented by employers in England to help protect their workforce from COVID-19, while still continuing their work. This guidance is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/social-distancing-in-the-workplace-during-coronavirus-covid-19-sector-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/social-distancing-in-the-workplace-during-coronavirus-covid-19-sector-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England have also issued guidance on how employers and businesses can continue to work safely, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department recently wrote to those working in the UK manufacturing industry, to restate the Government’s clear position that manufacturing is a critical part of our economy and that that there is no restriction on manufacturing continuing under the current rules, as long as social distancing measures are followed. A copy of this letter is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/guidance-for-employers-and-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is in regular contact with the UK steel sector on Covid-19, and we will continue to support them to mitigate the impact.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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less than 2020-04-21T08:51:19.893Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-21T08:51:19.893Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock more like this
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star this property date less than 2020-04-20more like thismore than 2020-04-20
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Conditions of Employment: Coronavirus more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide workplace protections for workers that are required by their employer to go to work during the covid-19 outbreak while living with a vulnerable person in their household. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 38033 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-04-28more like thismore than 2020-04-28
star this property answer text <p>The Government has introduced important social distancing measures for all types of businesses to consider in order to minimise the risk of transmission in the workplace. The Government has been clear that it is vital that all employers follow this guidance, which is clinically led and based on expert advice.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Paul Scully more like this
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less than 2020-04-28T09:19:31.27Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-28T09:19:31.27Z
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star this property label Biography information for Paul Scully more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam more like this
star this property answering member printed Paul Scully more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Paul Scully more like this
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star this property date less than 2020-07-17more like thismore than 2020-07-17
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Redundancy Pay: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has published on how redundancy payments should be calculated for employees who have been furloughed during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether rates of pay for furloughed employees who have had variable working hours will be based on the hours they worked prior to being placed on furlough. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 76038 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-07-22more like thismore than 2020-07-22
star this property answer text <p>The provisions relating to calculation of redundancy and notice pay under the Employment Rights Act continue to apply when an individual is on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Employees who are dismissed due to redundancy and who satisfy certain qualifying conditions are statutorily entitled to a lump sum from their employer, based on their age, length of service and contractual weekly earnings, subject to a statutory upper limit, payable at, or soon after, the dismissal date.</p><p> </p><p>As per the guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, grants cannot be used to substitute redundancy payments. We would urge employers not to use the Job Retention Scheme to make someone redundant on less favourable terms than they would otherwise have received.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full guidance on how to calculate rates of pay for employees on variable hours can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcalculate-how-much-you-can-claim-using-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme&amp;data=02%7C01%7CTayiab.Ramzan%40beis.gov.uk%7C05e7f695ce4a4284549308d82cbc49f3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637308534493064415&amp;sdata=tjjmJaFqByxw55yHPrqfEiQ45wLNhfw9mOiNNKBvH6g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/calculate-how-much-you-can-claim-using-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Paul Scully more like this
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less than 2020-07-22T15:53:32.193Zmore like thismore than 2020-07-22T15:53:32.193Z
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star this property label Biography information for Paul Scully more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-01-06more like thismore than 2021-01-06
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Northern Ireland protocol, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK steel companies can export into the EU without facing EU Safeguard Tariffs. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 132930 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-01-20more like thismore than 2021-01-20
star this property answer text <p>The Government has worked successfully with the European Commission to secure country-specific allocations for various steel products within the Tariff Rate Quotas (by which the EU imposes its steel safeguard measures) to enable UK companies to trade tariff-free into the EU. These tariff-free allocations came into operation on 1 January 2021. Officials in the Department for International Trade continue to discuss the size and applicability of these quotas with the European Commission.</p><p>For steel traded into Northern Ireland, there is an interim solution already in place for steel from Britain and the EU to ensure it enters tariff free.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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less than 2021-01-20T16:49:00.123Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-20T16:49:00.123Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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star this property date less than 2020-12-30more like thismore than 2020-12-30
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Iron and Steel: Northern Ireland more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of steel moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each of the previous five calendar years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 132932 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-01-11more like thismore than 2021-01-11
star this property answer text <p>This information is not regularly collected by Government or other official sources. We have had access to some data on this from the industry, but this data is commercially sensitive and not suitable for public release.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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less than 2021-01-11T14:52:17.883Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-11T14:52:17.883Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-04-13more like thismore than 2021-04-13
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading National Security and Investment Bill more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s decision to amend the National Security and Investment Bill on the Government's ability to protect the UK's (a) economy and (b) critical national infrastructure from hostile actors. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 180513 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-04-19more like thismore than 2021-04-19
star this property answer text <p>On the basis of the available data, which is limited to evidence from: Capital IQ on mergers and acquisitions with a value of £1 million and above; Pitchbook on transactions with a value below £1 million, and; Orbis on the number of indirect mergers and acquisitions, the proposed amendment, which would remove the 15% mandatory notification threshold from the National Security and Investment Bill is assessed as de minimis. Nonetheless, we do expect this to reduce the number of acquisitions subject to mandatory notification.</p><p> </p><p>Irrespective of this change, the Bill continues to include the power for the Secretary of State to call in acquisitions at or below 25% of shares or votes in qualifying entities across the economy where they reasonably suspect that it has resulted in, or may result in, the acquisition of material influence over the policy of the entity and they reasonably suspect that this that this has given, or may give rise to, a risk to national security.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, we do not expect there to be any impact on the Government's ability to protect the UK's economy and critical national infrastructure from hostile actors.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Paul Scully more like this
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less than 2021-04-19T16:52:19.633Zmore like thismore than 2021-04-19T16:52:19.633Z
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star this property label Biography information for Paul Scully more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-11-08more like thismore than 2021-11-08
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Iron and Steel: Hydrogen more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate a pilot for hydrogen-based steelmaking in the UK. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 71348 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-11-16more like thismore than 2021-11-16
star this property answer text <p>We are working closely with the UK Steel Council to explore decarbonisation pathways – including electric arc, industrial carbon capture equipment attached to existing blast furnaces, or other emerging technologies, such as hydrogen. The ideal decarbonisation pathway for individual sites is based on multiple factors and the Government is working closely with companies to support them as they make commercial decisions on the optimum route.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up the Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Revenue Support (IDHRS) scheme to fund our new hydrogen and industrial carbon capture business models. We will be providing up to £140 million of taxpayer funds will be made available to establish the scheme, including up to £100 million to award contracts of up to 250MW of electrolytic hydrogen production capacity in 2023 with further allocation in 2024. The scheme will be open to businesses across industry, including steel companies.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North East Derbyshire more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Lee Rowley more like this
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less than 2021-11-16T16:54:38.243Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-16T16:54:38.243Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lee Rowley more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-11-08more like thismore than 2021-11-08
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Clean Steel Fund more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Clean Steel Fund is allocated before 2023, in response to successful developments of hydrogen-based steelmaking projects in Sweden and Germany. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 71349 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-11-16more like thismore than 2021-11-16
star this property answer text <p>The Department announced the £250 million Clean Steel Fund in 2019 to support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through adoption of new technologies and processes. We are working with the sector to understand their decarbonisation plans, whether it is electric arc, industrial carbon capture equipment attached to existing blast furnaces, or other emerging technologies, such as hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>Based on previous evidence, complex decarbonisation projects have long lead-in times and take time to set up. In its response to the Call for Evidence on the Clean Steel Fund, the steel industry indicated a preference for the fund to start in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up the Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Revenue Support (IDHRS) scheme to fund our new hydrogen and industrial carbon capture business models. We will be providing up to £140 million of taxpayer funds will be made available to establish the scheme, including up to £100 million to award contracts of up to 250MW of electrolytic hydrogen production capacity in 2023 with further allocation in 2024. The scheme will be open to businesses across industry, including steel companies.</p>
star this property answering member constituency North East Derbyshire more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Lee Rowley more like this
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less than 2021-11-16T16:54:54.123Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-16T16:54:54.123Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lee Rowley more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-11-08more like thismore than 2021-11-08
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept id 201 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
star this property hansard heading Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the steel industry achieves the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation for ore-based steelmaking to reach net zero by 2035, as set out in the Net Zero Strategy, published 19 October 2021. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Aberavon more like this
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Stephen Kinnock more like this
star this property uin 71350 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-11-15more like thismore than 2021-11-15
star this property answer text <p>In collaboration with the Steel Council, we are considering the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’ and the business environment necessary to support the transition.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Strategy sets out how we intend to meet our Carbon Budget 6 ambition of reducing industrial emissions by 63-76% by 2035, compared to the 2019 level. Hydrogen-based steelmaking, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, and electrification are some of the technological approaches being examined as part of this process.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the steel industry regarding its decarbonisation.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North East Derbyshire more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Lee Rowley more like this
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less than 2021-11-15T17:31:51.18Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-15T17:31:51.18Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lee Rowley more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock more like this