Louise Haigh
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(4 years, 1 month ago)
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Matt Hancock
Yes. That is an incredibly important point that I discuss regularly with the Foreign Secretary.
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)
Food banks will be under unprecedented pressure in this period, so what measures will be put in place to provide volunteers with protective equipment? Will the Secretary of State consider requiring supermarkets to put aside stocks and provide donations to food banks in this crisis?
Matt Hancock
As we expand the amount of protective equipment available, we should look to and work with food banks, which have an incredibly important role to play. I certainly urge supermarkets to do what the hon. Lady asks.