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I have committed to keep Members updated on activities relating to Tata Steel and its business in Wales, following my letter to you of 20 October.    

  

On 24 October Tata Sons announced its Board had replaced Cyrus Mistry as Chairman of Tata Sons and Ratan Tata would be Interim Chairman. The Board of Tata Sons has constituted a Selection Committee to choose a new Chairman and expects to complete this process by the end of February.   This month, in disclosures to the Indian Stock Exchange, Tata Steel announced a change of Chairman of the Board and appointed Mr OP Bhatt on 25 November who will serve until the outcome of an extraordinary general meeting on 21 December to consider changes to the Directors of the company.  These are matters for Tata Sons and Tata Steel.    

  

Within this context, I have written to Mr Ratan Tata to seek clarification on what these senior level changes mean for the future of Tata’s operations in the UK and in particular, the plants in Wales.  I have also reiterated that the Welsh Government remains fully committed to delivering action to help secure a sustainable and long\-term future for steelmaking in Wales.    

  

On 28 November Tata Steel announced the signing of a Letter of Intent with Liberty House Group to enter into exclusive negotiations for the potential sale of its Speciality Steels Business. Speciality Steels is independent of the UK Strip Products division. Tata also announced it is pursuing a transformation plan to create a sustainable future for its UK strip products business and has approved schemes focusing on improving manufacturing capability and environmental performance at several of its operations in Wales.    

  

In my last up\-date, I explained how we are exploring several potential elements of support with the company, all within State Aid guidelines applicable to the steel sector.  We continue our close engagement on this package of support and I expect to make further announcements in due course.  

  

On 10 November, in partnership with Innovate UK and The Knowledge Transfer Network we organised a Steel R\&D workshop.  This was well attended with over 50 people representing the steel industry, supply chain and end users.  The workshop sought views from industry about future markets for steel and the R\&D activity which is needed to enable the industry to meet both future and current challenges.  We will be working with partners to consider the feedback and next steps.  We also intend this work to feed into the work being carried out by the UK Steel Council into the Future Capacity and Capability of the Steel Industry.  

  

Our Environmental Protection Scheme enables us to support various activities relating to environmental protection in energy intensive industries.  It is a mechanism that has been notified to the European Commission which allows us to give grant aid to companies for certain activities within EU state aid guidelines.  We are currently working with a number of steel companies on projects which could be supported through this route.  

  

We have consistently pressed the UK Government to take action to reduce energy costs. I was disappointed therefore that the Autumn statement did not announce support for the steel industry and other energy intensive industries across the UK to help enable them to invest in measures to reduce their energy costs.    

  

We are also, of course, still waiting to see a successful outcome for the British Steel Pension Scheme.        

  

I will continue to keep Members updated as matters progress.


 


 


 







Translation:


 
  
Byddwn yn hysbysu Aelodau am ddatblygiadau wrth iddyn nhw godi.  
  
Rydym yn dal i ddisgwyl wrth gwrs am ganlyniad llwyddiannus i Gynllun Pensiwn Dur Prydain.   
  
Rydym wedi pwyso’n gyson ar Lywodraeth y DU i ostwng prisiau ynni.  Roeddwn yn siomedig felly na chafwyd unrhyw beth yn natganiad yr Hydref i gefnogi’r diwydiant dur a diwydiannau trwm ar ynni yn y DU i fuddsoddi mewn mesurau i leihau eu costau ynni.   
  
Mae ein Cynllun Diogelu’r Amgylchedd yn cynnig ffordd inni helpu diwydiannau trwm ar ynni i gynnal nifer o weithgareddau i ddiogelu’r amgylchedd.  Mae’r Comisiwn Ewropeaidd wedi'i gymeradwyo ac rydym felly’n cael rhoi grantiau i gwmnïau i gynnal gweithgareddau penodol heb fynd yn groes i ganllawiau cymorth gwladwriaethol yr UE.  Rydym wrthi’n gweithio gyda nifer o gwmnïau dur ar brosiectau y gallem eu helpu trwy’r cyfrwng hwn.   
  
Ar 10 Tachwedd, mewn partneriaeth ag Innovate UK a’r Rhwydwaith Trosglwyddo Gwybodaeth, trefnwyd gweithdy Ymchwil a Datblygu Dur.  Daeth dros 50 o bobl ynghyd, yn cynrychioli’r diwydiant dur, y gadwyn gyflenwi a defnyddwyr.  Gofynnwyd am farn y diwydiant am farchnadoedd dur y dyfodol ac am yr Ymchwil a Datblygu sydd eu hangen i’r diwydiant allu trechu heriau heddiw ac yfory.  Byddwn yn gweithio gyda phartneriaid i ystyried yr adborth a’r camau nesaf.  Rydyn ni’n bwriadu i’r gwaith hwn borthi’r hyn sy’n cael ei wneud gan Gyngor Dur y DU i wella capasiti a gallu’r diwydiant dur yn y dyfodol.   
  
Yn fy niweddariad diwethaf, esboniais ein bod yn ymchwilio i ffyrdd gwahanol o helpu’r cwmni, y cyfan o fewn y canllawiau ynghylch rhoi Cymorth Gwladwriaethol i’r sector dur. Rydym yn cydweithio’n glos ar y pecyn cymorth hwn a gallwch ddisgwyl cyhoeddiad gennym amdano maes o law.     
  
Ar 28 Tachwedd, cyhoeddodd Tata Steel ei fod am arwyddo Llythyr o Fwriad gyda Liberty House Group i gychwyn trafodaethau gyda nhw ynghylch y posibilrwydd o werthu ei fusnes dur arbenigol.  Mae Speciality Steels yn annibynnol ar yr adran UK Strip Products.  Cyhoeddodd Tata hefyd ei fod yn dilyn cynllun gweddnewid i greu dyfodol cynaliadwy ar gyfer ei gynhyrchion stribedi yn y DU a’i fod wedi cymeradwyo cynlluniau ar gyfer gwella’i alluoedd cynhyrchu a’i berfformiad amgylcheddol ar sawl safle yng Nghymru.   
  
Yn y cyd\-destun hwn, rwyf wedi ysgrifennu at Mr Ratan Tata i ofyn iddo esbonio beth mae’r newidiadau hyn yn ei olygu i waith Tata yn y DU, ac yn arbennig i’w safleoedd yng Nghymru.  Rwyf wedi ailadrodd hefyd ymrwymiad llawn Llywodraeth Cymru i weithredu er lles sicrhau dyfodol cynaliadwy a hir dymor i’r diwydiant dur yng Nghymru.   
  
Ar 24 Hydref, cyhoeddodd Tata Sons bod ei Fwrdd wedi penodi Ratan Tata yn Gadeirydd Dros Dro Tata Sons yn lle Cyrus Mistry, y Cadeirydd presennol.  Mae Bwrdd Tata Sons wedi sefydlu Pwyllgor Dewis i ddewis Cadeirydd newydd gan ddisgwyl y daw’r broses hon  i ben erbyn diwedd Chwefror.  Mewn datganiadau i Gyfnewidfa Stoc India, cyhoeddodd Tata Steel ar 25 Tachwedd bod Mr O P Bhatt wedi’i benodi’n Gadeirydd ar Fwrdd y cwmni.  Bydd Mr Bhatt yn gwasanaethu tan gyfarfod cyffredinol anghyffredin a gynhelir ar 21 Rhagfyr i ystyried newid Cyfarwyddwyr y cwmni. Materion i Tata Sons a Tata Steel yw’r rhain.    
  
Rwyf wedi ymrwymo i roi gwybod i Aelodau am y diweddaraf am fy ngweithgareddau gyda Tata Steel a’i fusnes yng Nghymru, yn dilyn fy llythyr atoch ar 20 Hydref.