Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD)

My Lords, given the extra time, can I just pose another question? Given that defence supply chains already receive special treatment in procurement and export controls, I wonder whether the Government would consider also extending that to energy policy. I will give some examples: the right reverend Prelate will know exactly where I am going to come from. I live in Tinsley. Just down the road from me is the Meadowhall shopping centre, and just around the corner from there is Sheffield Forgemasters, where many members of my family worked from the 1970s and 1980s onwards. At the moment, when it comes to energy pricing, both those two—the commercial shopping centre and the steelworks—get priority in terms of the level. However, I want to push the Minister on whether the Government would consider prioritising defence, just as they do with other elements of defence, given that Sheffield Forgemasters and others will be working on that. If I was to speak to a couple of my steel contacts in the city, would the Minister consider an offer of a meeting, possibly on Zoom, to be able to go through some of these more technical issues with her and the department, rather than trying to do it from the Dispatch Box in your Lordships’ House?