Orders of the Day — Steel Industry

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 May 1972.

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Photo of Mr Patrick McNair-Wilson Mr Patrick McNair-Wilson , New Forest 12:00, 23 May 1972

I am very sympathetic to that view and I know the hon. Gentleman's interest in the subject. We have discussed it before. There is a duty here to explain to the people in the industry what their future is. But I would not propose to go quite to the point the hon. Member has suggested. One of the reasons why the coal industry got into such trouble was the artificial targets which were set. The target started at 200 million tons a year and was gradually reduced. We could be in the same danger with the steel industry.