Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps he is taking to encourage the consumption of vitamin D supplements during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 11 November 2020Answered: 17 November 2020
Asked by
Dr Rupa Huq
Labour — Ealing Central and Acton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
We are reforming Government procurement rules so that we can buy more that is made in this country, and we have already changed the rules on steel, shipbuilding, energy infrastructure and artificial intelligence. But I do not just want big companies to be able to get contracts; I want to help smaller businesses and charities to access Government procurement. The Government are the biggest buyer of goods and services in the economy, and I want more of that money to be spent here in Britain.