British Steel

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 July 1990.

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Photo of Malcolm Rifkind Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Scottish Office 12:00, 4 July 1990

The correspondence that I have had with Sir Robert Scholey was about Ravenscraig, so it is not surprising that there was no reference to Clydesdale or to other plants. I can confirm that the study that I have asked the SDA to carry out is not limited to any one company or plant; it is on the future prospects for the steel industry in Scotland as a whole.