PA mediaThe closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland in Scotland “is not comparable to the situation in British steel in Scunthorpe, it has been said that parliamentarians.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said an emergency law aimed at saving the Lincolnshire site from the closure was an “exceptional situation.”
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn Challenge, Reynolds on similarities with the closure of the Scottish refinery in the Firth of Forth, with the loss of 400 jobs.
Wine with duration to Rare Saturday sitting from Parliament To approve legislation to save the British steel plant, opening the by for full nationalization.
Reynolds told the commons: “I understand that some have asked about other industrial situations with problems.
“To be clear again, this is an exceptional situation, a unique situation.
“The question for all members is that we, as a country, want to have a steel industry, do we want to make the construction of steel and rail that we need here in the United Kingdom, or we want to be a vagantes in imports abroad?”
ReutersFlynn asked Reynolds if the Labor Party would support a similar bill for Grangemouth.
The only oil refinery in Scotland has been marked for closing by the owner Petroinos
Around 400 of the 2,000 jobs based in the industrial complex will be lost.
Aberdeen South deputy said: “Many minds at this time will focus a lot on the situation in Grangemouth, where we know that huggers of work will be lost directly, thousands of work in the supply chain.
“Would the Labor Party support it in the same way that this bill is supporting today?”
But Reynolds said the United Kingdom government had promised £ 200 million to ensure the “long -term future” of Grangemouth.
He added: “It is not a comparable situation and the behavior of the company is not comparable to the situation in this case.”
A report published last month said that up to 800 jobs could be created in the next 15 years at the Grangemouth site
The study of the Willow project, jointly financed by Scots and the United Kingdom, establishes nine areas where there are potential opportunities for green industries.
He said that jobs could be created in areas such as sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen production and plastic recycling, but would require a private or £ 3.5 billion investment.
Brian Leishman, Labor deputy of Alloa and Grangemouth, has also called the nationalization of the Scottish refinery.
Hello, he said BBC RADIES Good Morning Scotland There were “surprising similarities between Scunthorpe and Grangemouth.”
He said: “The government should in Grangemouth to extend refinery operations until the new energy industies that we will need are ready.
“That is the only way we can really achieve a fair transition to workers and communities.
“The prime minister recognizes the strategic importance of Scunthorpe steel, and the same should really do with Grangemouth oil.”
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that British steel legislation would allow ministers to “take control” of the site and prevent their Chinese owner from closing their underpants.
Its owners Jingye said the ovens “were no longer financially sustainable.”
Starmer said that Steelmaching was “essential for our future” and that “British jobs and British workers.”