Re Cummings press event, a note to Cabinet Secretary and to chair of the lobby. 1. Cummings, an unelected adviser, should not use same venue/format as ministers/scientists. 2. As it is personal he should not be associated with any government messaging related to the crisis. 1/3
3. It should be a socially distanced event so questions are asked/answered face to face. 4. After his statement the media not Cummings should decide who asks questions. 5. As lobby chair @PippaCrerar should chair this q and a 6. No 10 cannot exclude @DailyMirror @guardian 2/3
7. There should be no limit in either time or number for follow up questions. Journalists will confirm that this was the approach taken in the past when unelected advisers faced the media 3/3
