we saw helen dickinson in that report, she is chief executive of the british retail consortium.u give us a sense of the picture being given to you by your different members about what they are experiencing? what they are experiencing is a real pick—up in demand, particularly for certain products put they were mentioned in your clip, whether everything from toilet paper to pasta, rice, long life goods. the reason behind the letter that a number have signed today is firstly, to give that level of reassurance to the public that businesses themselves and all of the colleagues work within them are working very ha rd to work within them are working very hard to make sure that we have got what we all need. and to ask everybody to really be considerate and to only buy what it is we do actually need. because that will ensure there is enough for everyone. in terms of the practicalities in the weeks ahead, you have to maintain your supply chains, you obviously don't know and no part of the economy knows how many people currently working in retail will be effected, the number who might be a

the british retail consortium chief executive helen dickinson stressed that supplies we re dickinsonile food and said panic buying is depriving nhs staff of the supplies they need. the medical director of england‘s national hospital service said the country should be ashamed nhs staff are struggling to purchase food because of others‘ panic buying. stephen powis issued this plea to keep medical staff in mind when going to the shops. it is incredibly important they have access to food, to the essential supplies they need. iam sure to the essential supplies they need. i am sure many of you would have seen a video on social media yesterday, by a critical care nurse, in tears at the end of a long shift because she could not get access to the supplies she needed. frankly, we should all be ashamed that has to happen. it is not acceptable. these are the people we will all need to look after perhaps us or loved ones in the weeks ahead. it is critical that by not stockpiling, not selfishly shopping, by leaving those supplies for others, that health workers are able to get access to what they

shaun ley has been speaking to the chief executive of the british retail consortium, helen dickinson.ilet paper to pasta, rice and long life goods. i think the reason behind the letter that a number of them have signed today, it's firstly to give that level of reassurance to the public that the businesses themselves and all the colleagues that work within them are working very ha rd to that work within them are working very hard to make sure that we have got what we all need, and to ask eve ryo ne got what we all need, and to ask everyone to really be considerate and only to buy what it is that we do actually need. because that will ensure that there is enough for everyone. in terms of the practicalities in the weeks ahead, you have to maintain supply chains and you don't know and no other part of the economy knows how many people working in retail will be affected and the number of people who might be affected in terms of being able to get replacement supplies into shops and restaurants and so on. in those circumstances, it's not entirely irrational what people are doing, because you

the british retail consortium chief executive helen dickinson stressed that supplies were holding up,plenty of food in the supply chain". and nhs england national medical director stephen powis asked people not to stockpile food, and said panic buyers are depriving nhs staff of the supplies they need. we'll hearfrom him in a bit. but first, here's the environment secretary. we recognise that this is a challenging time and that there are many things that the government is asking the nation to do differently asking the nation to do differently as we work together to bright this pandemic. however, there is one meshes i want to start with cloud and clear this afternoon which is be responsible when you sharp and think of others. buying more than you need means that others may be left without. and it is making life more difficult for those front line workers such as our doctors and nurses and nhs support stuff who are working so hard in such difficult circumstances. so, as you sharp, think of those who are their late shifts and need to pop to the local sharp at the end of a long day. today,

i think helen dickinson commented that, perhaps, the public at large was sitting on around £1 billionre probably likely to see now, as people go further and further into self isolation, is a drop in sales, when the dry goods and all that stock can be replaced, the supermarkets can get back to normality, they will actually have surged these sales forward, then have a surged these sales forward, then havea dip, surged these sales forward, then have a dip, and then hopefully people will come out the other side and go back to their normal shopping pattern, which is what the supply chain behind the supermarkets and all the staffing, warehousing, distribution, and all the suppliers are actually reading for —— ready for and get are actually reading for —— ready forand get up are actually reading for —— ready for and get up to achieve. we will come back to that idea of supply chain ‘s injust a moment. paddy, before a come to you, this is what shoppers have been telling us about what it is like in the supermarkets. i'mjohn. i've what it is like in the supermarkets. i'm john. i've come to shop