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Florence Eshalomi Excerpts

Wednesday 18th March 2020 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I can certainly give my hon. Friend that reassurance.

[Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall) (Lab/Co-op)]

Q12. I welcome the measures, but yesterday’s statement offered nothing for the self-employed. My constituency of Vauxhall has an estimated 30,000 self-employed workers, and a lot of those people already feel the financial pinch. They cannot wait days for the Government to announce something, so will the Prime Minister today announce a guarantee of measures that will fully compensate all self-employed workers in this crisis?

[The Prime Minister]

I repeat the answer I have given several times to several of the hon. Lady’s colleagues: we will do whatever it takes to ensure that all workers are protected throughout this crisis.