Bradley has once again questioned the Deputy Prime Minister on the Government's new steel tariff and quota regime.
At Prime Minister’s Questions last week, Bradley took the opportunity to question the Deputy Prime Minister, who stood in for the Prime Minister, and asked David Lammy what action the Government is taking to mitigate the impact of their new steel tariff and quota regime.
Back in March, the Government announced it would be slashing total duty-free steel import quotas by 60% and doubling the tariff on imports exceeding those quotas to 50%.
The policy applies across 20 finished steel product categories, including plates, strips, tubes, and reinforcing bars, but only covers products that can be manufactured domestically in the UK.
The new steel trade measure is due to take effect on July 1st, 2026.
In recent months, following the announcement of the Government’s new steel tariff and quota regime, Bradley met with a number of local steel-focussed companies to discuss their concerns and the impact this policy will have on their businesses.
In Parliament last month, the local MP also raised the case of one local business owner who told him that their business “faces either a slow death or a swift death, and that it faces calling in the administrators before Christmas” because of the new steel tariff and quota regime.
Yesterday (June 22nd), Bradley once again questioned the Deputy Prime Minister who stepped in to deliver the Prime Minister's statement on the recent G7 summit.
Bradley said:
"David Lammy didn't expect to be at the despatch box yesterday, so I took the opportunity to ask him again about the Government's devastating steel tariffs and quotas after he failed so miserably to answer my question last week."
