At the moment, I just hope that both the Welsh and UK governments do all they can to give the steelworkers of Port Talbot, and the British steel industry as a whole, every bit of support possible. I hope, also, that Tata takes on board its role as a responsible seller.

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The “determination” that business minister Anna Soubry declared her government has to ensure that Port Talbot continues to make steel needs to now produce urgent action. The slow turning of EU mechanisms must not be an excuse for not pushing in every way they can to save one of our national life-blood industries.

The workforce in Port Talbot is absolutely world class, and they, their families and the community as a whole are having to live with huge insecurity.

The Port Talbot community, like so many others in Wales and all over the UK, is having to cope with so much already, and with further government “austerity” cuts in the pipeline, the future of the steelworks hangs over it heavy and threatening indeed.

The steel industry was shaken hard by the financial crisis in 2008. The banking industry was helped enormously to recover from that. I hope that we can see as much support for the steel industry and its workers now that they face their time of greatest need. Steel has been at the very foundation of our national identity for generations. It has given so much to us a country. Now is the time to honour that contribution.