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MPs discuss future of steel plant MPs discuss future of steel plant
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A parliamentary committee is meeting on Teesside as part of an inquiry into the steel industry.A parliamentary committee is meeting on Teesside as part of an inquiry into the steel industry.
MPs will be asking what is being done to save jobs at the Teesside Cast Products plant in Redcar.MPs will be asking what is being done to save jobs at the Teesside Cast Products plant in Redcar.
They will question witnesses including union and council leaders, and regional development agency One North East.They will question witnesses including union and council leaders, and regional development agency One North East.
An announcement is due later on whether there is to be a one-month reprieve for the plant, due to be partially mothballed at the end of the month.An announcement is due later on whether there is to be a one-month reprieve for the plant, due to be partially mothballed at the end of the month.
Teesside Cast Products has said it remains open to any potential offers from interested parties.Teesside Cast Products has said it remains open to any potential offers from interested parties.
'Government's responsibility''Government's responsibility'
The meeting of the North East Region Parliamentary Select Committee is being chaired by Stockton South MP, Dari Taylor.The meeting of the North East Region Parliamentary Select Committee is being chaired by Stockton South MP, Dari Taylor.
Local MPs raised the issue in Westminster Hall: From BBC Democracy Live
Ms Taylor said: "Many of my constituents work in or alongside the steel industry and they've been saying to me quite firmly, 'get on with it, get the government involved, we need this saved'."Ms Taylor said: "Many of my constituents work in or alongside the steel industry and they've been saying to me quite firmly, 'get on with it, get the government involved, we need this saved'."
There will be a further evidence session at the House of Commons on Tuesday, and Ms Taylor said the inquiry would also examine whether the government was doing everything it could.There will be a further evidence session at the House of Commons on Tuesday, and Ms Taylor said the inquiry would also examine whether the government was doing everything it could.
"That question will be seaming its way through each and every evidence session," she said."That question will be seaming its way through each and every evidence session," she said.
"We are not prepared to accept that it has either turned down a request for help, or has not taken this whole issue to the wire."We are not prepared to accept that it has either turned down a request for help, or has not taken this whole issue to the wire.
"I'm quite clear on this. Whatever is necessary, that's the government's responsibility as far as Corus is concerned.""I'm quite clear on this. Whatever is necessary, that's the government's responsibility as far as Corus is concerned."