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<p>Treasury ministers and officials have had meetings with a wide variety of organisations
and individuals in the public and private sectors, including MPs, businesses, professional
representative bodies, and the unions, throughout the development of the COVID-19
support package including both the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus
Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This proactive engagement has been widely praised,
and the Institute for Government has said: “The Government’s approach to consultation
compensated for some of the difficulties of accelerated policy development, because
it gave it fast access to information, and an early sense of whether the measures
would work and how they would be received by businesses and workers. This contributed
to both positive reception on announcement and successful roll-out.”</p><p> </p><p>Details
of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental
business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a>.</p>
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