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Retail Trade: Food

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 34420, tabled on 24 March 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps his Department is taking to support small food retailers to (a) maintain hygiene in stores and (b) protect staff from the transmission of that disease.

Answered on

23 April 2020

We must support people at work to do the right thing during the COVID-19 outbreak so they can stay safe. We regularly speak to industry stakeholders, including the British Retail Consortium and supermarket CEOs, to ensure they are well prepared and up to date with the latest guidance from Public Health England.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy