Commenting, following his response to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jeremy Miles’ statement in the Senedd today on Tata Steel, Welsh Conservative Shadow Economy Minister, Samuel Kurtz MS said:
“The disappointment felt by those losing employment at Tata cannot be understated. We need to support our steelworkers, not just with warm words, but with skills, retraining and jobs.
“We have been clear that we want to see a blast furnace remain open in the transition to electric arc furnaces and we need to take full advantage of the opportunities that the new Celtic Freeport will bring.”
In a joint statement following their respective contributions in response to the statement, local Senedd Members for South Wales West, Tom Giffard MS and Dr Altaf Hussain MS added:
“We need to support our communities in and around Port Talbot more than ever following the disheartening news from Tata.
“It is a matter of deep regret that the Labour Welsh Government have yet to put a single penny on the table to support the UK Conservative Government-funded transition board. We need more detail from Labour as to what they are actually doing to back the workforce.”
