Next week will see the Inquiry hold its first preliminary hearing for its ninth investigation examining the economic response to the pandemic (Module 9).
The hearing will take place at the Inquiry’s Hearing Centre, Dorland House, London, W2 6BU (map) on Wednesday 23 October and begin at 10:30am.
At preliminary hearings, the Inquiry Chair makes decisions about how investigations will run. The Inquiry does not hear evidence at these hearings. There will be submissions from the Counsel to the Inquiry and Core Participants to help prepare for the public hearings, where evidence is heard.
The ninth investigation is looking at the economic interventions taken by the UK Government and Devolved Administrations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This module will examine and make recommendations on the economic support for business, jobs, the self-employed, vulnerable people, and those on benefits, and the impact of key economic interventions.
More details are included in the provisional scope for Module 9.
The hearing is open to the public to attend – information on how to attend is published on our website.
You can watch the preliminary hearing on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel, subject to a three minute delay.
We will publish a transcript of the preliminary hearing on the same day it concludes. A recording of the hearing will be published on the Inquiry’s website at a later date. Alternative formats, including a Welsh language translation, are available on request.