My Lords, I listened in vain for reference in the Statement to public transport or to the freight transport industries. Our economy sits on the shoulders on those industries, so while the Government have announced assistance for transport in its various forms, does the Minister agree that we owe a debt of gratitude to all public transport workers during this crisis? Sadly, many of them have died, particularly bus drivers, because they come into close and regular contact with the public. What are the Government doing to ensure that those workers, and other rail and bus workers, are given much better protection from the virus?
Public Services: Update
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Randerson
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 29 April 2020.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Public Services: Update.
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