. @michaelgove said just now that the difficulty in increasing number of #COVID19 tests was due to a shortage of the relevant "chemcial reagents". Well I& #39;ve just talked to the Chemical Industries Association, which represents the UK& #39;s very substantial chemicals industry. It...

has contacted its members, and they& #39;ve said there is no shortage of the relevant reagents. So the Association has now been in touch with @michaelgove& #39;s office to find out what he means, because it is stumped. The Association also points out there was an industry chat with...

a business minister today, who made no attempt to find out if there was a supply problem for the vital ingredients of Covid19 testing kits. So this question of why there aren& #39;t enough tests for the virus is an even bigger mystery. Also, if it turns out there is a shortage...

these manufacturers are more than happy to increase their production. But they need to be asked, which has not happened. PS It was Labour MP @Bill_Esterson who initially spotted this gap between what Gove said and what the industry believes to be true.