Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 17 September 2019.
First Minister, steel has been made at the Orb site in Newport East since the end of the nineteenth century, and over that 120 years or so, the workforce and production have continually changed and adapted, and investment has been made, to meet the evolving demand for steel. And I do think that, given that track record, it's perfectly possible for further change and adaptation to occur, with necessary investment, to produce electrical steel for the mass production of electric cars in the future. And surely there's a strong case for that electrical steel to be produced here, in the UK, and at the Orb site. So, I would be very grateful if you would redouble your efforts, First Minister, to work with UK Government, the trade unions and industry to look at facilitating and encouraging that investment and that strong future for the Orb works.