Module 2 public hearings timetable


Week 1

2 October 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 2 October Tuesday 3 October Wednesday 4 October Thursday 5 October Friday 6 October
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Non-sitting day Opening Statements
Counsel to the Inquiry
Core Participants
Opening Statements
Core Participants
Catriona Myles (Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)
Professor James Nazroo (Expert)
Professor Philip Banfield (British Medical Association)
Professor David Taylor-Robinson (Expert)
Anne Longfield CBE (former Children’s Commissioner)
Kate Bell (Trades Union Congress)
Afternoon Non-sitting day Opening Statements
Core Participants
Joanna Goodman (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)
Dr Alan Wightman (Scottish Covid Bereaved)
Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru)
Professor James Nazroo (Expert)
Caroline Abrahams (Age UK)
Ade Adeyemi MBE (Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations)
Dr Clare Wenham (Expert)
Rebecca Goshawk (Solace Women’s Aid)

Week 2

9 October 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 9 October Tuesday 10 October Wednesday 11 October Thursday 12 October Friday 13 October
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Professor Thomas Shakespeare and
Professor Nicholas Watson (Experts on disabilities)
Kamran Mallick (Disability Rights UK)
Professor Laia Bécares (Expert on LGBTQ+ inequalities)
Lord Gus O’Donnell
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Professor Kamlesh Khunti
Professor Tom Hale (Expert on stringency of NPIs/international comparisons of NPIs)
Dr Stuart Wainwright
Professor Graham Medley
Alex Thomas (Expert on political and administrative decision-making and constitutional structures)
Professor Chris Brightling and Dr Rachael Evans (Experts on Long Covid)
Afternoon Professor Ailsa Henderson (Expert on devolution) Gavin Freeguard (Expert on data sharing) Sir Mark Walport Professor Matt Keeling Ondine Sherwood (Long Covid SOS)

Week 3

16 October 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 16 October Tuesday 17 October Wednesday 18 October Thursday 19 October Friday 20 October
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Professor Mark Woolhouse (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology)
Professor Anthony Costello (Professor of Global Health and Inclusion Health Research)
Professor Steven Riley (Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics) Professor James Rubin (Professor of Psychology and Emerging Health Risks)
Professor Lucy Yardley (Professor of Health Psychology)
Professor Catherine Noakes (Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings)
Professor John Edmunds (Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling)
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Oral submissions in relation to evidence publication
Professor Andrew Hayward
(Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology)
Professor Neil Ferguson (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology) Professor Sir Peter Horby (Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute) Professor Carl Heneghan (Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine) Non-sitting day

 

Week 4

30 October 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 30 October Tuesday 31 October Wednesday 1 November Thursday 2 November Friday 3 November
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Martin Reynolds (Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Imran Shafi (Former
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister for public services)
Lee Cain (Former Director of Communications at No. 10)
Dominic Cummings (Former Adviser to the Prime Minister)
Helen MacNamara (Former Deputy Cabinet Secretary) Baron Stevens of Birmingham (Former Chief Executive Officer of NHS England)
Sir Christopher Wormald (Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care)
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Imran Shafi (Former
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister for public services)
Dominic Cummings (Former Adviser to the Prime Minister)  Continued Doctor David Halpern (President and former Chief Executive Officer of the Behavioural Insights Team) Doctor Yvonne Doyle (Former Medical Director and Director for Health Protection, Public Health
England)
Non-sitting day

 

Week 5

6 November 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 6 November Tuesday 7 November Wednesday 8 November Thursday 9 November Friday 10 November
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Clare Lombardelli (Former Chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury)
Stuart Glassborow (Former Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Simon Ridley (Former
Head of Cabinet Office Covid-19 Taskforce)
Lord Mark Sedwill (Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service) Martin Hewitt QPM (Former Chair of the
National Police Chiefs’
Council)
Dame Priti Patel MP (Former Secretary of
State for the Home
Department)
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Dr Ben Warner (Former Special Adviser at No. 10) Lord Edward Udny-Lister (Former Chief of Staff at No. 10) Justin Tomlinson MP (Former Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work) Jun Pang (Policy and Campaigns Officer, Liberty) Non-sitting day

 

Week 6

20 November 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 20 November Tuesday 21 November Wednesday 22 November Thursday 23 November Friday 24 November
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 09:30 am 09:30 am
Morning Sir Patrick Vallance (Former Government
Chief Scientific Adviser)
Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) continued
Professor Sir Jonathan
Van-Tam
(Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England)
Professor Dame Angela McLean (Government Chief Scientific Adviser)
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Sir Patrick Vallance (Former Government
Chief Scientific Adviser) continued
Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) continued Professor Sir Jonathan
Van-Tam
(Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) continued
Kemi Badenoch MP (Former Minister of State (Minister for Equalities)) Non-sitting day

 

Week 7

27 November 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 27 November Tuesday 28 November Wednesday 29 November Thursday 30 November Friday 1 December
Start time 10:30 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London)
Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester)
Michael Gove MP (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Chief Executive of UKHSA) continued
Sajid Javid MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)
Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) continued
Afternoon Steve Rotheram (Mayor of the Liverpool City Region) Michael Gove MP (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancastercontinued
Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Chief Executive of UKHSA)
Dominic Raab MP (Former Deputy Prime Minister; Former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) continued Non-sitting (PM)

 

Week 8

4 December 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 4 December Tuesday 5 December Wednesday 6 December Thursday 7 December Friday 8 December
Start time 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Non-sitting day Non-sitting day Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)

Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued Non-sitting day
Afternoon Non-sitting day Non-sitting day Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued Non-sitting day

 

Week 9

11 December 2023

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 11 December Tuesday 12 December Wednesday 13 December Thursday 14 December Friday 15 December
Start time 10:30am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Rishi Sunak MP (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) Non-sitting day Closing Statements
Core Participants

Closing Statements
Core Participants
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Rishi Sunak MP (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) continued Non-sitting day Closing Statements
Core Participants
Non-sitting (PM) Non-sitting day

 

Additional

20 May 2024

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 20 May Tuesday 21 May Wednesday 22 May Thursday 23 May Friday 24 May
Start time 10:00 am
Morning Non-sitting day Non-sitting day Non-sitting day Dr Simon Case (Cabinet Secretary) Non-sitting day
Afternoon Non-sitting day Non-sitting day Non-sitting day Dr Simon Case (Cabinet Secretary) continued Non-sitting day