PM says a *full public statutory inquiry* will be held into the government response to the pandemic. That means powers to call witnesses and demand files/data.
He says it will be a “significant burden” on ministers and scientific advisers to testify so right time for inquiry to start is in a year’s time after a possible 3rd wave
Having covered Hutton and Chilcot inquiries and knowing how much work goes into witnesses preparing testimonies etc, I think it’s right to have the inquiry next spring. We need key witnesses like Whitty Vallance etc on the case every day of this pandemic particularly if 3rd wave
Jonathan Van-Tam said last month: “my views on the inquiry are it is very important but please, not now. We are far too busy still engaged in cementing in the gains that we have made and making sure we don’t have anything like the same turbulence next winter we had this winter”
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