PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Business Supply Chains - 12 July 2022 (Commons/Commons Chamber)
Debate Detail
Contributions from Mohammad Yasin, are highlighted with a yellow border.
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford
Jane Hunt
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
We continue to monitor supply chain pressures, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to ensure business resilience. The Government engage regularly with UK businesses and industry to understand the impact of this and other global events on our supply chains.
12:15:06
Mohammad Yasin
Whether it is shortages in medicines, shortages in building materials or empty spaces on supermarket shelves, my constituents are still finding stock shortages everywhere. Retailers say this is the worst supply chain crisis they can remember, with no sign of the problem easing soon. What is the Minister doing now to help businesses through this and to mitigate the impact of spiralling inflation?
Jane Hunt
Of course, these are global issues, but the Government have taken decisive action to ease pressures on supply chains, such as by managing peak demand at the end of last year, including by expanding and streamlining testing for heavy goods vehicle drivers to enable an extra 50,000 tests per year. So things are being done.
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