Sainsbury and Asda Merger

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:36 pm on 30 April 2018.

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Photo of Andrew Griffiths Andrew Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) 3:36, 30 April 2018

We have engaged with Sainsbury’s and Asda to urge them to speak to their staff, and we have also engaged very openly and honestly with the trade unions. We want to see proper and early engagement and consultation in this process to ensure that the workforce is protected, but the public assurances that both Sainsbury’s and ASDA are giving at present are that all the stores, and all the jobs in the stores, will be protected.