Scunthorpe MP Holly Mumby-Croft has met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she continues to press for changes to steel safeguard removal recommendations.
The Trade Remedies Authority has advised International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to drop nine of the 19 protections on categories of steel - with the industry and unions warning it opens the floodgates to cheap imports.
In turn that could damage the viability of 海角视频 mills - with British Steel, headquartered in Mrs Mumby-Croft’s constituency, having voiced strong objections.
Speaking after the meeting, at which the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Steel was joined by neighbouring fellow Conservative MPs Andrew Percy and Martin Vickers, she said: “Today I joined other steel MPs in meeting the Prime Minister to voice our significant concerns regarding the independent TRA's recent recommendation on steel safeguards.
"The Prime Minister has assured us that he shares our commitment to the future of the British Steel Industry. We hope to have more to say on this in the coming days and weeks - I will, of course, continue to press him and the government on this important issue.
"The Prime Minister remains an ally of steel - having ensured that his government paid the salaries of steelworkers in Scunthorpe for months following the collapse of the previous owners."
Labour’s attempt to force emergency legislation through to extend current rules beyond their June 30 expiry while the issue was revisited was thwarted in a Commons vote earlier this week.
The government warned it risked legal challenge and the possibility of all safeguards being stripped.
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Mrs Mumby-Croft spoke during the debate, opting not to vote either way after hearing the lengthy exchanges, as she continues to work across the benches to find a solution.
Both international trade minister Ranil Jayawardena and business minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan inferred there would be a toughening up of the domestic toolbox when it comes to keeping trade fair, with the Secretary of State’s powers on the matter potentially under review.
Mrs Mumby-Croft has commissioned a House of Commons report that sets out the strategy to change the TRA's recommendations.
She said she will “continue to work on addressing this issue as a matter of urgency”, in tandem with existing campaigns to lower energy prices and change government procurement rules to benefit the 海角视频 steel industry.