. >> angela c. smith. >> thank you, mr. speaker, last week horace announced 379 job losses in the steel working town in my constituency. job losses which will have a devastating impact on the economy of its town which has a population of only 13,500. will my right honorable friend make a commitment to do whatever he can to make sure they can secure a long-term future to steel working in places like scotts bridge. >> whenever there are redundan y redundancies is sadness and regret. what we're dealing with is a fall of demand in the steel industry around the world which is affecting britain and every other country. we are in talks with them. we have provided extra money to them in the last week for help to secure jobs. and we will continue to talk with them about what more we can do. we're also in negotiations with them about the relationships that they have with a conglomerate of steel producers. that contract is broken down. it puts jobs in britain at risk and we'll try to do what we can to make sure that a new arrangement