Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the advice given to the Government by the SAGE Environmental and Modelling Group of 4 November 2020 to take urgent action to support industry and consumers in ensuring that they are selecting and using air cleaning technologies safely and effectively, what steps his Department has taken in response to the provision of that advice.
The advice from the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies was discussed 5 November 2020. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Health and Safety Executive are responsible for determining future policy and regulatory action.