“I am pleased that the Business Minister, Anna Soubry, has said in Parliament that she and the Chancellor will make representations to the Chinese Government about the issue of Chinese steel being dumped in the European market, when they visit China next week.
“There are other measures the Government can take now to help ease the problems facing the entire UK steel industry. If they don’t act decisively, then the damage to one of the most important industries underpinning our entire manufacturing sector will be irreversible.
“In the short-term we need a clear indication from Government that it will honour its commitment to compensate steel and other energy intensive industries from the cripplingly high cost of energy – and to do so earlier than April next year. Failure to do so could mark a potentially disastrous tipping point for the industry.