Covid-19: Night-time Economy Debate
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Lord Fowler
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(3 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
The noble Lord is tempting me to stray into matters beyond my brief. I know that considerable research is going on, from funding provided by the DHSC, to ascertain the precise impacts of the virus on different communities. The noble Lord is entirely right that the night-economy time is vital to the black community. Within the night-time economy, the hospitality sector alone employs around 2 million people, with 7% more BAME employees than the UK average of 12%. As I outlined earlier, we have taken steps to try to preserve as many of these jobs as possible.
The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
My Lords, all supplementary questions have been asked, and we now move to the third Oral Question.