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Retail Trade: Food

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 34421, tabled on 24 March 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to close (a) corner shops and (b) other small food retailers during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered on

23 April 2020

The Government has been clear that food retail, including supermarkets, convenience stores, corner shops, and food markets, will remain open.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy