Supporting the Steel Industry
- Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Motion reference: S6M-07322
That the Parliament understands that campaigners from the Community, Unite and GMB unions have delivered a petition to the UK Prime Minister urging action to support Britain’s steel industry; considers that the petition, reported to have been signed by more than 11,500 people, calls on the UK Government to change procurement rules to encourage the use of British steel; believes that, in what it considers a turbulent world, large scale capital projects reliant on steel, including the infrastructure needed to meet net zero targets, can be more reliably delivered by steel manufactured in the UK; thanks the steelworkers and their trades unions for their efforts to secure a future for the industry, and urges the Scottish and UK governments to meet the campaign demands.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie (Registered interest)
, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury (Registered interest)
, Pam Duncan-Glancy (Registered interest)
, Rhoda Grant, Mark Griffin, Daniel Johnson (Registered interest)
, Paul O'Kane, Alex Rowley, Mark Ruskell, Colin Smyth, Paul Sweeney (Registered interest)
, Mercedes Villalba (Registered interest)
, Martin Whitfield