Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent panic buying in response to the announcement of the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown in England.

We are taking all necessary precautions to protect the public, including engaging with industry and business representative organisations to ensure we are fully aware of the issues and impacts businesses are facing and how we can best provide support.

As we have seen this year, the UK has a large, diverse, and highly resilient food supply chain.

We continue to work closely with the food industry, who are well prepared to ensure people across the country have the food and supplies they need.