PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hygiene: Products (18 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to guarantee an adequate supply of isopropyl alcohol for the manufacture of hand sanitiser during the covid-19 outbreak.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

We have a growing effort to secure the supply of hand sanitiser. The Department of Health and Social Care has hand sanitiser in storage and further deliveries are being made. We are working rapidly with wholesalers to ensure a longer-term supply is available.

Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
24 March 2020