PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pharmacy: Coronavirus (18 March 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to change licensing rules to enable pharmacists to produce hand sanitiser.
Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)
Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)
Answer
HMRC are now prioritising applications to receive and use denatured alcohol in the production of sanitising hand gel. This includes putting in place new targets to reduce the time taken to process such requests from within 45 working days to within five working days.
Answered by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
24 March 2020
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