Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the cross-government scrap supply working group has been established; and if he will publish (a) a list of meetings held to date and (b) the membership of that working group.
Answered by Chris McDonald
The Government has created the Metals Circularity Group to ensure a sustainable supply of high-quality scrap for the domestic steel sector whilst considering how a circular economy can aid supply chains for steel, aluminium and critical minerals. The group met for the first time on 29 April 2026. Industry members have been pulling together views following that meeting.
This cross government-led group consists of DBT, DEFRA, DESNZ, other government departments and devolved administrations alongside representatives from industry, unions, academia and other stakeholders. As is standard practice, we do not publish details of individual companies involved.
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