Topical Questions

Part of Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 24 March 2020.

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Photo of Chris Matheson Chris Matheson Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

One of the problems with this crisis is that we do not know how long it is going to last. I have businesses in my constituency—events companies, conference companies and sporting companies—that have long lead-in times to organise their events, but they cannot cancel them yet and thereby claim insurance because there is no Government guidance. Do the Government have any plans to give guidance, particularly to the insurance companies and events companies, that will perhaps say, “No events for the next six months”?