Mr Malthouse told the Labour MP he had raised “two important points and I will certainly take them away and reassure myself that they’re both being addressed”.
Cutting VAT on sunscreen would need to be approved by the Treasury, but Cabinet Office sources suggested it would be seriously looked at. A Whitehall source said: “Chris Bryant made really good points on both, and we are picking up with relevant departments.”chairing the latest Cobra meeting on the soaring temperatures which are expected to top 40CGreg Clark, the Levelling Up Secretary, has also convened talks with the leaders of local resilience forums to prepare for anysuch as transport disruption and potential shortages of water and power.
The NHS has stood up its operational capacity to the maximum possible, Mr Malthouse said, and that there were 2,400 operators handling 999 calls, 500 more than in September last year, to respond to heat-related emergencies.
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