What steps her Department is taking to help protect critical minerals supply chains. We are moving towards a world powered by critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and graphite for electric cars and silicon and tin for electronics. What measures are being taken?

What efforts is the Department making to ensure that we make the most of our home-grown mineral security? This includes backing Cornish lithium and geothermal engineering through the Getting Building fund and automotive transformation fund, which are collaborating to build a zero-carbon lithium extraction plant in Cornwall. I very much look forward to visiting it.

Will she confirm for the House the status of the Steel Council in her Department and whether it is actively meeting? I served with the hon. Gentleman on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee for many years. He will be very familiar with the fact that I meet the steel sector and the unions, including regular meetings with the all-party parliamentary group for steel and metal related industries.

How does she propose to integrate her critical minerals strategy with our wider trade policy? How much will that 6.6% fall in exports cost the UK economy in cash terms? I only recently published the critical minerals refresh and I was expecting some sort of positive response, given how it is integrated internationally; it deals with the threats of China and works with the Inflation Reduction Act 2022 in the United States.