PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Supermarkets: Coronavirus (9 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which supermarkets his Department has met to discuss planning in response to covid-19; and on which dates those meetings took place.

Asked by:
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)

The Government has well-established ways of working with the food industry on potential disruptions to the supply chain. The Secretary of State hosted calls with supermarket Chief Executives on Friday 6 March and Monday 9 March. In addition, officials have held meetings with public affairs and communications leads this week.

Answered by:
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
12 March 2020