Core UK Decision-making and Political Governance (Module 2) – Public Hearings


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10:30 am

  • Introductory remarks from the Chair
  • Module 2 Impact Film
  • Introduction from Counsel to the Inquiry
  • Submissions from Core Participants

2:00 pm

  • Submissions from Core Participants

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Module 2 Impact Film

The following film was screened during the first Module 2 public hearing on 3 October 2023. In her opening remarks, the Chair, Baroness Hallett, said:

“Fourteen people, from across the UK, have been recorded talking about the devastating impact the pandemic has had on their lives and the lives of their families. The film includes references to bereavement, grief, care homes, hospital wards, funerals, feelings of guilt, feelings of anger, loneliness and isolation, Long Covid in adults, Long Covid in children, mental health, physical disability and to lockdown rule-breaking.

I am extremely grateful to those who have agreed to participate. I know how difficult it must have been for them to do so on camera.”

This film contains upsetting material. The Inquiry website has information on a number of organisations that provide support on different issues. Please contact one of them if you need help.

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10:00 am

  • Submissions from Core Participants

2:00 pm

  • Impact and inequalities evidence
  • Joanna Goodman on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
  • Dr. Alan Wightman on behalf of Covid-19 Scotland Covid Bereaved
  • Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru

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10:00 am

  • Catriona Myles (Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)
  • Professor James Nazroo (Expert)
  • Professor Philip Banfield (British Medical Association)

2:00 pm

  • Professor James Nazroo (Expert)
  • Caroline Abrahams (Age UK)

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10:00 am

  • Professor David Taylor-Robinson (Expert)
  • Anne Longfield CBE (Former Children’s Commissioner)
  • Kate Bell (Trade Union Congress)

2:00 pm

  • Ade Adeyemi MBE (Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations)
  • Dr. Clare Wenham (Expert)
  • Rebecca Goshawk (Solace Women’s Aid)

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10:30 am

  • Professor Thomas Shakespeare and Professor Nicholas Watson (Experts on disabilities)
  • Kamran Mallick (Disability Rights UK)
  • Professor Laia Bécares (Expert on LGBTQ+ inequalities)

2:00 pm

  • Professor Ailsa Henderson (Expert on devolution)

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10:00 am

  • Lord Gus O’Donnell
  • Professor Sir Ian Diamond

2:00 pm

  • Gavin Freeguard (Expert on data sharing)

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10:00 am

  • Professor Kamlesh Khunti
  • Professor Tom Hale (Expert on stringency of NPIs/international comparisons of NPIs)

2:00 pm

  • Sir Mark Walport

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10:00 am

  • Dr Stuart Wainwright
  • Professor Graham Medley

2:00 pm

  • Professor Matt Keeling

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10:00 am

  • Alex Thomas (Expert on political and administrative decision-making and constitutional structures)
  • Professor Chris Brightling and Dr Rachael Evans (Experts on Long Covid)

2:00 pm

  • Ondine Sherwood (Long Covid SOS)

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10:30 am

  • Professor Mark Woolhouse (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology)
  • Professor Anthony Costello (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Inclusion Health Research)

2:00 pm

  • Professor Andrew Hayward (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology)

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10:00 am

  • Professor Steven Riley (Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics)

2:00 pm

  • Professor Neil Ferguson (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology)

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10:00 am

  • Professor James Rubin (Professor of Psychology and Emerging Health Risks)
  • Professor Lucy Yardley (Professor of Health Psychology)

2:00 pm

  • Professor Sir Peter Horby (Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute)

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10:00 am

  • Professor Catherine Noakes (Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings)
  • Professor John Edmunds (Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health)

2:00 pm

  • Professor Carl Heneghan (Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine)

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10:30 am

  • Martin Reynolds (Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)

2:00 pm

  • Imran Shafi (Former Private Secretary to the Prime Minister for public services)

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10:00 am

  • Lee Cain (Former Director of Communications at No. 10)
  • Dominic Cummings (Former Adviser to the Prime Minister)

2:00 pm

  • Dominic Cummings (Former Adviser to the Prime Minister)

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10:00 am

  • Helen MacNamara (Former Deputy Cabinet Secretary)

2:00 pm

  • Doctor David Halpern (President and former Chief Executive Officer of the Behavioural Insights Team)

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10:00 am

  • Baron Stevens of Birmingham (Former Chief Executive Officer of NHS England)
  • Sir Christopher Wormald (Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care)

2:00 pm

  • Professor Yvonne Doyle (Former Medical Director and Director for Health Protection, Public Health England)

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10:30 am

  • Clare Lombardelli (Former Chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury)
  • Stuart Glassborow (Former Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister)

2:00 pm

  • Dr Ben Warner (Former Special Adviser at No. 10) (Former Special Adviser at No. 10)

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10:00 am

  • Simon Ridley (Former Head of Cabinet Office Covid-19 Taskforce)

2:00 pm

  • Lord Edward Udny-Lister (Former Chief of Staff at No. 10)

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10:00 am

  • Lord Mark Sedwill (Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service)

2:00 pm

  • Justin Tomlinson MP (Former Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work)

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10:00 am

  • Martin Hewitt QPM (Former Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council)
  • Dame Priti Patel MP (Former Secretary of State for the Home Department)

2:00 pm

  • Jun Pang (Policy and Campaigns Officer, Liberty)

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10:30 am

Sir Patrick Vallance (Former Government
Chief Scientific Adviser)

2:00 pm

Sir Patrick Vallance (Former Government
Chief Scientific Adviser) continued

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10:00 am

Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England)

2:00 pm

Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) continued

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9:30 am

Professor Sir Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) continued

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England)

2:00 pm

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) continued

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9:30 am

Professor Dame Angela McLean (Government Chief Scientific Adviser)

2:00 pm

Kemi Badenoch MP (Former Minister of State (Minister for Equalities))

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10:30 am

  • Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London)
  • Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester)

2:00 pm

Steve Rotheram (Mayor of the Liverpool City Region)

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Timetable

Module 2 public hearings timetable

Agenda

10:00 am

Michael Gove MP (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)

2:00 pm

Michael Gove MP (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancastercontinued
Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Chief Executive of UKHSA)

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10:00 am

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)

2:00 pm

Dominic Raab MP (Former Deputy Prime Minister; Former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)

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10:00 am

Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

2:00 pm

Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) continued

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10:00 am

Matt Hancock MP (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) continued

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10:00 am

Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)

2:00 pm

Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued

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10:00 am

Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued

2:00 pm

Boris Johnson (Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) continued

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Timetable

Module 2 public hearings timetable

Agenda

10:30 am

Rishi Sunak MP (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer)

2:00 pm

Rishi Sunak MP (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) continued

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10:00 am

Closing Statements
Core Participants

2:00 pm

Closing Statements
Core Participants

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10:00 am

Closing Statements
Core Participants