commitment to levelling up. this is an opportunity to put some real meat on the bounce and shout their about their levelling up agenda. what would the consequences beat for the public production pauses? the the public production pauses? t“te: consequences for the public could be that we find ourselves in a situation where we are having to import essential goods. if there is one lesson a pandemic taught us, international supply chains are fragile and we don t want it we in a position where we are beholden to the likes of russia or china or others for the production of essential goods, we need a steel industry in this country notjust because we need the steel although thatis because we need the steel although that is true, because it is essential to the future, the low carbon future. we are going to need steel for electric cars, offshore wind, the steel industry is critical to the country s future, the idea of being an independent country without