Speeches by Murray.

“Are you saying that finished product is being shipped in rather than the plate that is needed?”

“Where are the major steel-intensive industries, such as offshore wind, sourcing their steel from at the moment?”

“Was that from ore?”

“I suppose that what I was trying to get at is that Dalzell needs the slab in order to progress and survive. Can we produce that slab in the UK just now, or are we still going to be relying on importing?”

“I am going to take it back to the community round about Dalzell. We have heard how the employees, the workers, have that economic power and sense of wellbeing from having the good-quality jobs that contribute. The community have said that the Dalzell mill is of strategic importance to them. Why do you think it is the c…”

“We have sort of touched on this, but do we have an idea of what level of investment would be needed to modernise the mill and meet the demand of the steel-intensive sectors, such as offshore wind?”

“The core of my question is whether we have the capacity to take iron ore and turn it into slab. Do we need that capacity and would that be helpful as part of the strategy?”

“I wanted to ask Ms Murray about the steel strategy and the types of steel plants that we have in the UK. It seems that we are relying on the mills, certainly in Dalzell, buying slab from Scunthorpe. Scunthorpe has been saved, which is great, and is now being converted to an electric arc furnace. That, I understand, is …”

“Am I picking up that electric arc furnaces can process scrap steel, but in order to make steel from iron ore you need a blast furnace?”

“To go back to the opportunities in Scotland, the 2023 Circular Steel in Scotland report, which WMG co-authored, concluded that establishing an electric arc furnace in Scotland could generate significant GVA, although the business case remains uncertain. That agrees with what you said. Could you walk us through your fin…”

“Does it require decisions at government level? What kind of interventions might be necessary for this?”

“One of my constituents has raised their concerns with me about the SEEMiS software used in the Scottish school system and the ability of staff to alter cases with no record of changes being made. Transparency in our public bodies is vital to the public trusting both our institutions and us. In these times when public t…”

“T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for bringing this important debate to the Minister. The situation in Palestine has been the single most pressing issue raised with me by my constituents in Mid Dunbartonshire. What possible …”

“I, too, welcome the right hon. Member to her place. Her predecessor, the right hon. Member for Hove and Portslade (Peter Kyle), warned that losing control of artificial general intelligence would be catastrophic, yet he failed to deliver legislation to protect the public. Will the new Secretary of State deliver on an a…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire (Charlotte Cane) for raising this important topic. As we have heard, if we want to improve employment opportunities for neurodivergent people, we must start in schools. Too many children an…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) for raising this important issue and for highlighting that every day in the United Kingdom, people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and do not survive, when they might have been saved by access…”

“In my constituency and across Scotland, small and medium-sized businesses have taken blow after blow. The Conservatives bungled Brexit, increasing import costs, and energy costs are soaring. Most recently, the hike in national insurance contributions is decimating job opportunities in small and medium-sized businesses.…”

“14. What recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of operating costs for SMEs.”

“The UK maritime decarbonisation report noted that access to capital is a critical hurdle to reaching net zero. What are the main financial barriers that hinder investment in green technologies in Scottish shipbuilding?”