Protective Clothing: Sri Lanka

(asked on 12th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with companies in the garment industry in Sri Lanka about producing and supplying personal protection equipment products to the UK.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 30th June 2020

A cross-Government personal protective equipment (PPE) sourcing unit, staffed by over 400 people, is securing new supply lines from across the world and has published rigorous standards against which purchases will be made.

We are identifying new sources of critical PPE from overseas markets, diversifying the United Kingdom’s sources of supply and strengthening the UK’s supply chains for the long term.

The Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office teams around the world are seeking new supplies, lobbying governments to lift export restrictions and helping get crucial deliveries back to the UK. We are using our wider trade tools to seek to strengthen our procurement power on PPE and medical supplies. This includes deepening our relationships with partner countries through Joint Economic and Trade Committees, including with countries in South East Asia.

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