Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Spencer and Siobhan Baillie

Wednesday 29th April 2020 Commons Chamber

[Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con)]

What steps her Department is taking to support the global supply chains of UK businesses.

[Siobhan Baillie (Stroud) (Con)]

What steps her Department is taking to support the global supply chains of UK businesses?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (James Duddridge)]

Keeping supply chains open is essential for British consumers to access what they need. It will also help British business to bounce back quickly. We must protect the lives and livelihoods of people in developing countries who work in those supply chains, so we are working across Government within the G20, the World Trade Organisation and the World Bank on development-focused trade support, including flows of medical supplies. We are also working with British business to support vulnerable communities overseas that provide goods to the UK.