Question follow-through · 74904

Co-operative Group: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with the Co-operative Group on Project Lunar.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
16 Sept 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with the Co-operative Group on Project Lunar.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Project Lunar is an internal policy that the Co-op is introducing and is not a matter that DBT can comment on.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has the policy lead for regulation of workplace health and safety in Great Britain. The primary responsibil...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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