3. 2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:41 pm on 8 November 2016.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:41, 8 November 2016

I think David Rees again raises a very important point for memory today, and the fact that it was on 8 November 2001 Corus UK Limited’s Port Talbot blast furnace No. 5 exploded with tragic consequences and three Corus employees lost their lives. It’s the impact of those tragic events that I think we will all want to remember today. Again, the Prime Minister did not—she made no connection. It is this week of all weeks where she could have made that connection. So, you have said, and I’m sure, again, this view is shared across this Chamber, that this is disgraceful, that lack of response—that lack of respect as well, because of, also, the uncertainties, as you say, in your constituency as regards the future for the workforce. The Cabinet Secretary is here in the Chamber with me today. He has heard those points. He’s made that connection again and, of course, heard from Bethan Jenkins earlier on. So, I think this is a point where we will want to make our views very clear.