i have got a question from a maintenance fitter at the tata steelworks in scunthorpe.e is helping to produce steel for network rail and many companies that were exporting it. he wants to know what the prime minister is going to do to support the steel industry and its workers facing redundancy. is it not time to walk the walk rather than talk the talk about an industrial strategy? prime minister cameron: we do want to help our steel industry, and we recognize -- well, i will set out exactly how we will help the steel industry. it is in a very difficult situation. world prices have collapsed by more than half, and the surplus capacity in the world is more than 50 times the uk output, but our plan is to take action in four vital areas -- in procurement, in energy costs, in unfair competition and dumping, and in tax and government support. honorable members opposite are asking, "what have you done so far?" well, let me take one example. on procurement, we changed the procurement rules so that it was easier to source uk steel. that is why crossrail, 26 miles of tunnels, th

meet once again with north lincolnshire mps to see what more can be done to support steelmaking in scunthorpe. cameron: i am glad that the honorable gentleman was at the summit on friday. i met him back in november, and i am always happy to meet him and neighbouring mp's again. after this question time, i am going straight to no. 10 for several hours of talks with the chinese president, and there will be every opportunity to talk about this issue. i began those discussions last night. i think the chinese do recognise that they have huge overcapacity in their steel industry, which they have to address as well, but i say again that i do not want to make promises i cannot keep -- we cannot set the steel price here in this -- we cannot set the steel price here in this house, and we cannot go beyond the sorts of steps i have talked about on procurement, energy and industrial support. opposition members might, however, like to remember their own record. under labour, steel production halved. under labour, employment in steel halved. since i have been prime minister, steel production has gone up and