Scunthorpe Steelworks Motion

This House Considers that:

(1) British Steel at Scunthorpe is vital to the local economy of North Lincolnshire;

(2) That the United Kingdom ought to become less dependent on foreign steel, rather than more, and that a closure would cause the latter;

(3) That Jingye, the owners of the plant, have recently announced the closure of another coke oven at the plant;

(4) That the steel plant has been in financial difficulties for a while now, and a full closure is becoming more and more likely.

This House thus calls upon the Government to:

(1) Take Scunthorpe Steelworks into public ownership;

(2) Invest into the Steelworks to make them carbon neutral, as has been implemented at the Port Talbot steelworks;

(3) Work with Port Talbot and Scunthorpe Steelworks to increase the total steel production of the United Kingdom.

This Motion was written by the Rt. Hon. /u/NicolasBroaddus on behalf of His Majesty’s 37th Official Opposition.

Deputy Speaker,

This issue has long been one Solidarity has kept a close eye on, as the dishonest and exploitative actions of foreign steel companies have ceased to change in any way. Previous Governments that included Solidarity have repeatedly invested in new green steel production methods, and this plant is perfectly suited to continue this process while saving hundreds of jobs in the process.

I commend this motion to the House and hope the Government will take action appropriately.

This division shall end on the 13th at 10PM