The minister clarifies that the £500 million will save 3,000 jobs through an electric arc furnace project using imported materials, which increases sovereign steelmaking ability. He explains there is no impact on floating offshore wind creation as it uses different types of steel than produced at Port Talbot. The number of jobs affected by the blast furnaces closure is estimated around 2,800, to be confirmed post consultation. Tata will continue negotiations with unions to avoid compulsory redundancies.

The minister acknowledges the challenges of high energy costs due to outdated infrastructure. Tata has benefited from various schemes introduced by the UK Government, including British industry supercharger scheme and carbon border adjustment mechanism, which aim to support industries facing such challenges.

The value of redundancy packages will be agreed between Tata and trade unions, but it is clear that they aim to offer more than statutory requirements. The Government's plan involves saving 5,000 jobs with a half-billion-pound investment from the UK Government and £750 million from Tata. This is better than losing 8,000 jobs as initially proposed by Tata. Steel production in the UK relies on imported materials, and scrap steel for electric arc furnaces will be used to support this plan.

Officials from the Department for Business and Trade and EY have reviewed Tata's business plan. The UK Government is investing half a billion pounds while Tata invests £750 million. While it might be possible to find domestic supplies of raw materials, there is currently no enthusiasm to open up mines or quarries.

There will clearly be an impact on those in the supply chain; however, it would be irresponsible to estimate numbers. The Syndex plan is not commercially viable according to Tata's management and would face technical difficulties.

Tata has faced losses exceeding £1 million a day due to keeping two blast furnaces operational. Building an electric arc furnace on the site with one blast furnace still in operation faces significant technical and financial hurdles. If Tata wishes to propose such changes, the UK Government would be open to discussions.

Building a Direct Reduced Iron plant would not resolve job loss issues, with only an additional 200 jobs potentially saved. Such plants require regular and affordable natural gas supplies which are currently unattainable in the UK context.

Port Talbot plans to close down the pickle line at Llanwern once the electric arc furnace is built. The Government cannot force Tata to continue accepting losses over £1 million a day, unlike some Labour Members suggesting.

The hon. Lady asks about the money to support the town of Port Talbot. There is £500 million to build an arc furnace that will save thousands of jobs. There is also £80 million from the UK Government primarily to retrain people, and another £20 million coming in from Tata.

There are discussions going on about the possibility of building a plate mill on the site when the electric arc furnace is completed. However, even if such mills were built it would not solve the problem that 2,800 people are facing losing their jobs.

Tata has been clear that it was originally going to close those sites but now expects all those sites to remain open. During the building phase of the arc furnace, while the blast furnaces are shut down, Tata will bring steel in from elsewhere to make sure product is going into those other plants.

I have spoken to Tata on that very issue. It is clear that it would have to import steel to feed Trostre, and it is willing to do that. The timeline for the electric arc furnace is ambitious but work is ongoing: groundworks will start very shortly.

Nothing whatsoever in the Wales Office at the moment is more important than securing the future of Port Talbot. The Government are putting up £500 million to ensure the future of steelmaking in south Wales.

The hon. Gentleman is right; Tata now needs to come forward with more information about who exactly we can expect to see being made redundant and what their current skillsets are.

We were clear that while the arc furnace is being built, we wanted to make sure all those other plants around Wales receive product. Tata has been clear it will happen.

The iron ore, limestone, and coke are coming in from abroad. However, we are already producing high-quality steel in arc furnaces used for nuclear submarines.

Yes, I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is important we have means of producing steel for building floating offshore wind turbines.

In the short term, I assume that the steel going into the industry in Northern Ireland does not come directly from Port Talbot. It probably comes from some of the other finishing plants. I do not know the full detail of the exact grades of steel that go into the Northern Ireland construction industry, but I am happy to discuss that with the hon. Gentleman. Tata has made it absolutely clear that it does not expect any disruption in supply while the arc furnace is being built. Everyone I have spoken to—not just those at Tata, but independent experts—has said that 90% of the grades currently produced using blast furnaces can be produced using an electric arc furnace, and that the technology of electric arc furnace steel production is rapidly improving, so I would not expect there to be any disruption to supplies in the medium or long term.