Week 1
13 January 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 13 January | Tuesday 14 January | Wednesday 15 January | Thursday 16 January | Friday 17 January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Impact film
Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions |
Core Participant Opening Submissions Helena Rossiter (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK) Melanie Newdick (Scottish Covid Bereaved) Fiona Clarke (NI Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Anna Miller (Migrant Primary Care Access Group) |
Dr Salman Waqar (Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations) Yvonne MacNamara (The Traveller Movement) Lara Wong (Clinically Vulnerable Families) The Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK) |
The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma (Former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) Clara Swinson (Former DG for Global Health and Health Protection, DHSC) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Core Participant Opening Submissions | Sam Smith-Higgins (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Ruth O’Rafferty (Scottish Vaccine Injury Group) Charlet Crichton (UKCV Family) Kate Scott (Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK) Kamran Mallick (Disabled People’s Organisations) |
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK (continued) Professor Heidi Larson (Expert, vaccine hesitancy) |
Clara Swinson (Former DG for Global Health and Health Protection, DHSC (continued) Catherine Little (Former Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury) |