Robert Jenrick – 2020 Statement on Visiting Parents

Below is the text of the statement made by Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on 9 April 2020 following a news story in the Guardian.

For clarity – my parents asked me to deliver some essentials – including medicines.

They are both self-isolating due to age and my father’s medical condition and I respected social distancing rules.