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Rosie Cooper Excerpts

Wednesday 13th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Chloe Smith)]

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that point. The Government continue to support that Bill and think it is the right thing to do.

[Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab)]

T2. On Sunday, the BBC reported that Interserve is likely to go into administration on Friday. What steps is the Minister taking to protect jobs and pensions, should Interserve collapse?

[The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Oliver Dowden)]

As the hon. Lady would expect, we keep under review the situation in relation to all our strategic suppliers. I assure her that we take appropriate contingency measures in respect of every strategic supplier.