Prime Minister's Questions: 15 January 2020
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🗓️ 15 January 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We'll start Prime Minister's questions. Jill Furness. |
| 0:04.0 | Here, here. |
| 0:05.0 | Number one, Mr Speaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Go on, Jill. |
| 0:07.0 | Mr. Prime Minister. |
| 0:09.0 | Here. |
| 0:10.0 | Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. |
| 0:16.0 | In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday we received the devastating news that more than 350 steel jobs |
| 0:29.6 | will be lost in Sheffield, Rotherham and Newport. Yet another blow for steel workers, their families and communities. |
| 0:36.6 | When will the government |
| 0:38.0 | bring forward a comprehensive plan for the steel industry that tattles high energy costs, |
| 0:43.0 | business rates and ensures that steel is at the heart of all public infrastructure plans? Action |
| 0:49.0 | is needed now. Will the Prime Minister stay true to his word and repay the trust of communities that voted |
| 0:55.1 | for him only last month? |
| 0:56.7 | I thank the Honourable Lady and I can assure her that the government is indeed embarking |
| 1:03.0 | on a plan to do everything we can to make sure that steel made in this country does have |
| 1:08.7 | all the competitive advantages that it needs and she makes some excellent points. In the particular case |
| 1:12.5 | of Liberty Steel, I understand |
| 1:14.7 | that all those affected whatever happens |
| 1:16.9 | and it is a commercial decision for that company |
| 1:18.3 | will be offered an opportunity |
| 1:20.3 | to remain within the GFG |
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