PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Whisky: Scotland (19 February 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Scotch Whisky distillers producing hand sanitiser for (a) the emergency services and (b) communities.

Asked by:
David Mundell (Conservative)

This is a commercial matter for Scotch Whisky distillers. However, the Government would like to thank those distilleries which repurposed their facilities for the production of hand sanitiser for their tremendous contribution to the UK’s response to Covid-19.

Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
1 March 2021