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Diolch, Luke. I'll now bring in Buffy Williams. Buffy.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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I'll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Yes—[Inaudible.]—to this. Yes.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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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?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Can you tell us how much more energy intensive is the electric arc furnace than the blast furnace?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Yes, please.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Dean, yes, absolutely.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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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…
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Thank you. And Dean Stroud.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Croeso nôl i gyfarfod o Bwyllgor yr Economi, Masnach a Materion Gwledig. Fe symudwn ni ymlaen nawr i eitem 5, sef dyfodol dur yng Nghymru. Dyma'r ail o ddwy sesiwn heddiw gyda phanel arbenigol i drafod materion sy'n ymwneud â dyfodol dur yng Nghymru, gan…
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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We'll now take a short break to prepare for the next session.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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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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Dr Richardson-Barlow.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Dr Richardson-Barlow.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Professor Worsley.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Diolch, Luke. I'll now bring in Buffy Williams.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Thank you, Sam. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher. Luke.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Samuel Kurtz. Sam.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Thank you very much. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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Anyone else on this?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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And when you say greater investment, what sort of figures are you thinking of?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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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…
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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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…
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
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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…
