Week 1
26 February 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 26 February | Tuesday 27 February | Wednesday 28 February | Thursday 29 February | Friday 1 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Opening Statements Impact Video Counsel to the Inquiry |
Elizabeth Grant (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Amanda Provis (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Prof. Emmanuel Ogbonna (Prof. of Management and Organisation at Cardiff University and Vice-chair of Race Council Wales) |
Prof. Dan Wincott (Expert in decision making in Welsh Government) Prof. Sir Ian Diamond (Chief Executive of UK Statistics Authority, National Statistician and Permanent Secretary) |
Dr Chris Williams (Consultant Epidemiologist for Public Health Wales) Dr Roland Salmon (Senior Crematorium Medical Referee for the Cardiff Council Crematorium and former Director of Communicable Diseases for Public Health Wales) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Opening Statements Core Participants |
Prof. Debbie Foster (Prof. of Employment Relations and Diversity at Cardiff University) Helena Herklots CBE (Older People’s Commissioner for Wales) Prof. Sally Holland (former Children’s Commissioner for Wales) |
Stephanie Howarth (Chief Statistician and Head of Profession for statistics to the Welsh Government) Dr Robert Hoyle (Head of Science, Welsh Government Office for Science) |
Prof. Ann John (Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at Swansea University) Prof. Michael Gravenor (Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Swansea University) |
Week 2
4 March 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 4 March | Tuesday 5 March | Wednesday 6 March | Thursday 7 March | Friday 8 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Sir Frank Atherton (Chief Medical Officer for Wales) Dr Rob Orford (Chief Scientific Adviser for Health) |
Dr Andrew Goodall (Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government and former Director General Health and Social Services) Dr Tracey Cooper (Chief Executive of Public Health Wales) |
Dr Quentin Sandifer (Consultant Adviser for Pandemic and International Health for Public Health Wales) Continued Shavanah Taj (General Secretary, Wales Trade Union Congress) |
Jane Runeckles (Head of the Welsh Government’s team of Special Advisers) Toby Mason (Head of Strategic Communications for the Welsh Government) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Dr Rob Orford (Chief Scientific Adviser for Health) Continued Dame Shan Morgan (Former Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government) |
Dr Tracey Cooper (Chief Executive of Public Health Wales) Continued Dr Quentin Sandifer (Consultant Adviser for Pandemic and International Health for Public Health Wales) |
Dr Chris Llewelyn (Chief Executive of the Welsh Local Government Association) Reg Kilpatrick (Director General of the Covid Recovery and Local Government Group) |
Simon Hart MP (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) and former Secretary of State for Wales) | Non-sitting day |
Week 3
11 March 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 11 March | Tuesday 12 March | Wednesday 13 March | Thursday 14 March | Friday 15 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Vaughan Gething MS (Minister for Economy and former Cabinet Secretary/ Minister for Health and Social Services) | Eluned Morgan MS (Minister for Health and Social Services) Rebecca Evans MS (Minister for Finance and Local Government) |
Mark Drakeford MS (First Minister of Wales) |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Vaughan Gething MS (Minister for Economy and former Cabinet Secretary/ Minister for Health and Social Services) Continued | Jeremy Miles MS (Minister for Education and Welsh Language) | Mark Drakeford MS (First Minister of Wales) Continued | Closing Statements Core Participants (if required) |
Non-sitting day |