<p>The Welsh Steel Industry</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 13 September 2016.

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Photo of David Rees David Rees Labour 1:38, 13 September 2016

First Minister, thank you for that answer, and we are seeing Welsh Government support for the steel industry, through these projects, which I very much welcome, in Port Talbot. But also, we’ve seen over the summer, since we last met, financial improvements in the steel industry in Port Talbot as well, where we saw losses of £1 million a day beforehand, and we’re now turning it into profits in a month—I think it was £5 million in July, and perhaps it will a break-even in August. So, we are seeing progress in steel making in Wales. It is viable, as we said. But, when you met with the Prime Minister, you talked about steel, and you’ve already partly mentioned this afternoon the issue of the UK Government’s position. Did she indicate that they will actually be working to improve the situation with the British steel pensions fund, and, also, are they making any movements towards the energy costs, because they were the big issues that any prospective buyer had concerns about?