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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay, thank you. Jenny, and then we'll come to Luke to conclude.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. Janet, I think the point has been made.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Yes. Janet wants to come in briefly, then we'll come to Jenny, and then we'll come to Luke to conclude.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
I'm conscious that time is ebbing away, and we're just about halfway through the areas that we wish to cover, so I think we need to just keep that in mind, if we may. Jenny, over to you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Sure. And the other risk as well, of course, is that in decarbonising, obviously moving to low-carbon steel technologies, they tend to be extremely electricity intensive as well, so we're not going to get away from this question. It's not one that we can…
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. Alasdair.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
So, are we talking about windfall taxes reinvested into industry, or how would that—? What would that look like, really? Alasdair? Sorry, Tony.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Yes, indeed. Indeed. Thank you. And just picking up on some of the political choices that Charlotte mentioned earlier, one of those of course is around energy prices, and I'm aware that Community and Unite have called on the UK Government to bring energy…
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Sure. Thank you, Charlotte. Briefly, Alasdair, and then we'll move on.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Charlotte.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Indeed. Charlotte, you wanted to come in as well.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay, thank you. Janet.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Shavanah.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. Huw.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay, thank you. Alasdair.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Charlotte and then Alasdair, and then, maybe we'll come to Janet. Charlotte.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
There's no need to operate the microphone, by the way, it's automatic—one less thing to worry about.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Yes, okay, thank you. Huw.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. Shavanah, yes?
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. Yes, that's pretty stark. Thank you for that. That's really useful. So, finally from me, and then we'll come to Huw with a few specifics around decarbonising at Port Talbot, we've spoken about the UK Government, now, obviously, I'm just interested to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. Charlotte, and, then—. Yes, okay, Charlotte.
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Okay. So, can we point to any particular examples of European countries, Alasdair?
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Well, you've taken me on to the question I was going to ask next, so maybe, Tony, you can pick up on this. How does the support, or the situation that we find ourselves in with the UK Government in relation to Tata, compare to how other European Governments…
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Thank you. Jenny, did you want to come in?
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Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
And, going forward, we're effectively missing the green revolution boat.
