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Oral Answers to Questions

Graham Brady Excerpts
Wednesday 15th July 2020

(3 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Graham Brady Portrait Sir Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West) (Con)
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Some people are anxious to return to work and some people find that they are actually as happy and productive at home working as they would be at the office. But does the Prime Minister agree with me that the worst reason for staying at home is to follow blanket Government advice that takes no account of safety? Will he commit to revising that Government advice urgently?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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As I am sure my hon. Friend will see from studying the Government advice, we say very clearly that it is important that business should be carried on and that employers should decide, in consultation with their workers, whether it is safe for those workers to come into work or whether they should continue working from home. I happen to think that employers in this country have made huge strides in getting work places safe, and that is the message that we should all be conveying.