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Debate between Christine Jardine and Alan Mak
Thursday 2nd May 2024

(11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alan Mak Portrait Alan Mak
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The Government launched our critical imports and supply chain strategy earlier this year, and I chaired the Critical Imports Council last month. We are bringing together 23 organisations to make sure that our supply chains are robust, and I look forward to my hon. Friend’s input into that.

Christine Jardine Portrait Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) (LD)
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The village of Kirkliston in my community recently became the latest to lose its post office—there have been a whole series of closures. That community is not isolated, but it is not in the centre of Edinburgh, and there is no alternative. As I say, it is one of a series, so can the Minister tell us what the Government are going to try to do to halt this decline in post offices?