All Party Parliamentary Group on Steel - release following March 2003 metting on Corus.

All Party Parliamentary Steel and Cast Metal Group

Press release

New Leadership for Steel and Cast-Metal Group in Parliament

The influential All Party Steel and Cast-Metal Group in Parliament has elected a new leadership.

Dr Hywel Francis, the Labour MP for Aberavon, has been made chairman and Adrian Bailey, the Labour MP for West Bromwich West is the new Secretary.

In paying tribute to the previous Chair, Sheffield Hillsborough MP, Helen Jackson, who is standing down at the next general Election, Dr Francis said, "Helen has been a great champion of the steel industry in Parliament. Her wide experience in South Yorkshire in local government and in her constituency was invaluable to the Steel Group when it was formed early in this Parliament. Her integrity and her commitment to steel communities was greatly respected by Cabinet Ministers, members of all parties, employers and unions. We will miss her in the Group but I am sure she will continue to be active on behalf of steel communities everywhere."

Hysel Francis, Helen Jackson and Stuart Pettofir

Helen Jackson MP, and Stuart Pettifor, Chief Operating Officer of Corus (right) with Dr Hywel Francis MP, the new Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Steel and Cast-Metal Group.

Dr Francis added: "The Steel and Cast-Metal Group also paid tribute to Stuart Pettifor who is to stand down as a senior figure in Corus. He has played an important role in steel for decades and has been critical in recent years in the improving fortunes of the British steel industry."

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