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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Diolch, Luke. I'll now bring in Buffy Williams. Buffy.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
I'll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Yes—[Inaudible.]—to this. Yes.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Vera, from what you've just said, then, are you saying, therefore, that Tata and other UK steel makers won't be in a position at the moment to compete effectively with others from European countries?
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Can you tell us how much more energy intensive is the electric arc furnace than the blast furnace?
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Yes, please.
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Dean, yes, absolutely.
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Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can just kick off this session with a few questions. Does the approach proposed by Tata Steel sufficiently balance environmental and carbon reduction goals with the wider social and economic…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Thank you. And Dean Stroud.
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Welcome back to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We will move now to item 5, on the future of Welsh steel. This is the second of our two sessions with an expert panel to discuss issues related to the future of Welsh steel…
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We'll now take a short break to prepare for the next session.
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I'm afraid time has beaten us, so our session has come to an end, but thank you very much indeed for being with us today. Your evidence will be very important for us in scrutinising this matter going forward. A copy of today's transcript will be sent to you…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Dr Richardson-Barlow.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Dr Richardson-Barlow.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Professor Worsley.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Diolch, Luke. I'll now bring in Buffy Williams.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Thank you, Sam. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher. Luke.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Samuel Kurtz. Sam.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Thank you very much. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel
Anyone else on this?
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And when you say greater investment, what sort of figures are you thinking of?
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Thank you for that. One final question from me for all the panel: what should be the priorities of the transition board established by the UK Government, and to what extent are these covered in its terms of reference? Who'd like to go first on that? Professor…
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Ben Burggraaf, you've said that maintaining or accelerating the implementation of the south Wales industrial cluster plan will enable the economic impact of the Tata Steel announcement to be mitigated in the medium to long term, as well as shorten the period…
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Perhaps I can direct this question at Professor Worsley: the Minister for Economy has quoted you as saying that at least three additional jobs are reliant on every direct job in the steelworks, and, on some counts, potentially up to five. What impacts are the…
