Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he cannot commit to hairdressers being allowed to open in England on June 15 but is working to ensure they are open as soon as possible.
Speaking on ITV’s This Morning about potentially opening salons, Mr Hancock said: “I would love to be able to do that and the way to do that is to ensure that, when it is safe to do so, hairdressing is brought back in a way that itself is safe. So, protective equipment.
“We are working on what it would look like to have the protective equipment, exactly as you say, in place.
“Hairdressing, like so many industries, we’re doing everything we can to support them through what is inevitably an incredibly difficult time.”
Pushed on whether June 15 could be feasible as an opening date, he added: “I can’t commit to doing it on that timetable but I can commit to working with the hairdressing industry, I already am, and talking to some of their representatives who are making this case and seeing how we could go about it.
“I’m sure everybody understands that it has got to be done in a way that is safe to do.”
Under the current lockdown plan for England hairdressers could be allowed to reopen after July 4.
The latest measures to eas lockdown will be announced at a press conference on Thursday.
