Weddings: Coronavirus

(asked on 1st February 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of compensating people who have lost money as a result of weddings being cancelled due to covid-19 restrictions and the venue refusing to refund in full.


Answered by
Paul Scully Portrait
Paul Scully
This question was answered on 9th February 2021

No assessment has been made. Guidance from the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to wedding services affected by Covid-19 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wedding-services-coronavirus-covid-19-cancellations-and-refunds.

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