Week 1
3 March 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 3 March | Tuesday 4 March | Wednesday 5 March | Thursday 6 March | Friday 7 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Impact film
Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions |
Prof. Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells (Module 5 Expert on Procurement, Professor of Economic Law at the University of Bristol Law School) Daniel Bruce (on behalf of the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition, UKACC) |
Sir Gareth Rhys Williams (Former Government Chief Commercial Officer, GCCO) (continued) |
Max Cairnduff (Former Director, Complex Transactions Team, Cabinet Office) Darren Blackburn (Former Deputy Director Commercial Function Complex Transactions Team, Cabinet Office) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Core Participant Opening Submissions | Daniel Bruce (on behalf of the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition, UKACC) (continued) Sir Gareth Rhys Williams (Former Government Chief Commercial Officer, GCCO) |
Jonathan Marron (Director General of Primary Care and Prevention, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care, DHSC) |
Dr Chris Hall (Former Caseworker in the HPL team; Former Management Team of PPE Buy Cell; Former Chair of the Clearance Board, Cabinet Office) Andy Wood (Former Deputy Director, Commercial Specialist, Lead for PPE Buy Cell, Cabinet Office) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 2
10 March 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 10 March | Tuesday 11 March | Wednesday 12 March | Thursday 13 March | Friday 14 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Prof. John Manners-Bell (Inquiry Expert – Supply Chains) Andrew Mitchell (on behalf of the former Department for International Trade DIT) |
Dr Dame Emily Lawson (Interim Chief Operating Officer of NHS England) Paul Webster (Executive Director of Governance and Legal, Company Secretary of Supply Chain Coordination Ltd) |
Tim Jarvis (on behalf of the former Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, BEIS) Graham Russell (Office for Product Safety and Standards) |
Helen Whately (MP for Faversham and Mid Kent and Former Minister of State for Care, DHSC) Sarah Collins (on behalf of the UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Simon Manley CMG (on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The Rt Hon Michael Gove (Former MP and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) |
Julian Kelly (Chief Financial Officer NHS England) Alan Brace (Director of Finance of the Health and Social Services Group, Wales) |
The Rt Hon Steve Barclay (Former Chief Secretary to HM Treasury) The Rt Hon Lord Feldman of Elstree (Former Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care) |
Sarah Collins (on behalf of the UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA) (continued) Dr Beverley Jandziol (Former Commercial Specialist, Complex Transactions Team) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 3
17 March 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 17 March | Tuesday 18 March | Wednesday 19 March | Thursday 20 March | Friday 21 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Chris Stirling (Former Programme Director of Covid Oxygen, Ventilation, Device and Clinical Consumable Response and Former Interim Director of Medical Technology, Department of Health and Social Care) Matthew Style (Director General of Secondary Care and Integration, Department of Health and Social Care) |
Daniel Mortimer (Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Confederation) Rosemary Gallagher MBE (Professional Lead for Infection Prevention and Control, Royal College of Nursing) The Lord Paul Deighton KBE (Former Adviser on PPE to SoS, Department of Health and Social Care) |
The Lord Bethell (Former Minister for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences) The Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Former MP and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) |
Closed hearing
Richard James (Commercial Specialist, Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Professor Ramani Moonesinghe (National Clinical Director for Critical and Perioperative Care, NHS England) | The Lord Agnew of Oulton DL (Former Cabinet Office Minister and HMRC Minister for Brexit Readiness) |
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Former MP and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) (continued) Tim Losty OBE (Director of International Relations, TEO) |
Open hearing
Dawn Matthias (Former Case Worker seconded to Department of Health and Social Care) (continued) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 4
24 March 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 24 March | Tuesday 25 March | Wednesday 26 March | Thursday 27 March | Friday 28 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Jeane Freeman OBE (Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Scottish Government) Caroline Lamb (Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director General of Health and Social Care) |
Chris Young (Former Co-Director of Finance, Department of Health and Social Care) Andrew Slade (Former Director General, Economy, Skills and Natural Resources, Welsh Government) |
Karen Bailey (Chief Executive, Business Services Organisations, Procurement and Logistics Service) Chris Matthews (Deputy Secretary Resource and Corporate Management Group, Department of Health Northern Ireland) |
David Williams (Former Director General and Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care) Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Gordon Beattie (Director of National Procurement, NHS National Services Scotland) Paul Cackette CBE (Former Deputy Director in Organisational Readiness, Director of PPE and Director of Outbreak Management, Scottish Government) |
Jonathan Irvine (Director of Procurement Services, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership) Richard Davis (Senior Welsh Government representative of the Critical Equipment Requirement Engineering Team) |
Conor Murphy MLA (Former Minister of Finance, Northern Ireland) Major General Phillip Prosser (Ministry of Defence, former deployee to NHS England PPE Team) |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |