Parliamentary Activity

COVID-19 Inquiry — 234 mentions in Parliament since Jul 2020

Written Question Commons
14 Dec 2023
Disease Control
Rachael Maskell Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to consult people who shielded during the covid-19 pandemic on the preparation of pandemic preparedness plans.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care We cannot perfectly predict the characteristics of a future pandemic or know precisely which groups will be most affected by it, and we are therefore strengthening our pandemic preparedness by considering the flexible and scalable response capabilities th... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
14 Dec 2023
Disease Control
Rachael Maskell Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on future pandemic preparedness planning of the report entitled Covid Shielding Voices published by the Centre for Epid

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care We cannot perfectly predict the characteristics of a future pandemic or know precisely which groups will be most affected by it, and we are therefore strengthening our pandemic preparedness by considering the flexible and scalable response capabilities th... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
12 Dec 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Expenditure
Fleur Anderson Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on the case of Cabinet Office v Chair of Covid Inquiry, [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin).

Government answer
Cabinet Office This judicial review was brought to seek clarification on a point of law and we were pleased that the Court agreed that there was an important legal question to consider. It acknowledged our concerns over respecting the privacy of individuals and ensuring... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
11 Dec 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Cost Effectiveness
James Wild Conservative → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled UK Covid-19 Inquiry Management Statement, published in August 2022, what steps he is taking to ensure the Covid-19 public inquiry represents overall value

Government answer
Cabinet Office The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is an independent public inquiry.In line with the UK Covid-19 Management Statement, the Inquiry’s Accounting Officer must conform to value for money and good financial management requirements and must provide financial updates to t... Read full answer →
Early Day Motion Commons
21 Nov 2023
Paxlovid and clinically vulnerable patients

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to reject the request from NHS England to delay the roll-out of Covid antiviral treatment Paxlovid; further calls for the additional funds and resources necessary to be provided to NHS England to ensure this treatment reaches all recommended patients this winter; notes with grave concern that a 12 month delay would deny treatment to an estimated 10 million patients at high and moderate risk of hospitalisation and death...

Early Day Motion Commons
20 Nov 2023
Review of the charity lottery annual sales cap

That this House acknowledges the incredible amount of money raised by charity lotteries in the UK, including Scottish-based People’s Postcode Lottery, whose players have raised a phenomenal £1.2 billion for good causes across the country; notes that the demand for funding from charities has greatly increased amid the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic; believes that the current £50 million cap on annual charity lottery sales serves no purpose and is affecting the...

Early Day Motion Commons
16 Oct 2023
25th anniversary of the Multi-Cultural Family Base

That this House congratulates the Multi-Cultural Family Base (MCFB) on reaching its 25th anniversary; notes that the charity, founded in Edinburgh in 1998, provides a range of valued services to children, young people, and their families, most of whom are from black and minority ethnic communities and are often new migrants; recognises that MCFB provides assistance with practical issues, such as housing or financial problems, as well as more personal issues, such as dealing with discriminatio...

Early Day Motion Commons
16 Oct 2023
Rosemary Potter, Chair of Kirkcaldy’s Old Kirk Trust, Custodian, Steward and Keeper of History

That this House commends Rosemary Potter, Chair of Kirkcaldy’s Old Kirk Trust for her faith, dedication and passionate determination to preserve and enhance the Old Kirk’s role as a concert hall, community resource, heritage centre and continuing place of worship; celebrates the many successful exhibitions, tours, workshops and worship events hosted by the Trust for the benefit of the local community; congratulates the Trust on its successful five-year fundraising mission to preserve the Old ...

Early Day Motion Commons
11 Sep 2023
University duty of care

That this House calls for higher education institutions to have a statutory duty of care for their students; deeply regrets the tragic consequences of past failures to recognise when students have experienced significant challenges to their mental health and the subsequent impacts on their family and friends; particularly regrets instances where universities have failed to inform families of students’ struggles, including acts of self harm, even when given express consent to share that inform...

Early Day Motion Commons
05 Sep 2023
New Lanark grant

That this House congratulates New Lanark Trust on their award of £2.3 million funding to ensure the future of the New Lanark UNESCO World Heritage site; understands that the funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund’s Covid-19 Response Fund will allow New Lanark Trust to undertake maintenance on a number of the Category A listed buildings on the site, which have been delayed because of the pandemic; acknowledges that New Lanark was founded as a cotton-spinning village in 1785 by David ...

Written Question Lords
24 Jul 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Immunosuppression

To ask His Majesty's Government how the needs of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable, as distinct from the disabled, will be addressed in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The UK COVID-19 Inquiry is independent of the Government. The process, procedure and timing of the Inquiry are matters for the Chair, Baroness Hallett. On 16th January 2023 the Chair designated the group Clinically Vulnerable Families as a Core Participan... Read full answer →
Early Day Motion Commons
06 Jul 2023
Conduct of London Assembly Member Shaun Bailey

That this House expresses deep concern over the inclusion of London Assembly Member Shaun Bailey on the list of proposed peerages by the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson; notes that a party organised by Assembly Member Bailey’s mayoral campaign team is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police once again for allegedly breaching covid-19 regulations in December 2020; further regrets that an individual currently under police investigation is being given a seat in the nation’s legislatur...

Written Question Commons
06 Jul 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Judicial Review
Afzal Khan Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of the application for judicial review of the UK covid-19 inquiry.

Government answer
Cabinet Office We do not yet have a figure for the costs incurred. We brought this judicial review to seek clarification on a point of law and we are pleased that the Court agreed that there was an important legal question to consider. It acknowledged our concerns over ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
06 Jul 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Legal Costs

To ask His Majesty's Government what legal costs they have incurred to date as a result of their decision to seek a judicial review on the application of the Inquiries Act 2005 to the Covid-19 Inquiry.

Government answer
Cabinet Office We do not yet have a figure for the costs incurred. We brought this judicial review to seek clarification on a point of law and we are pleased that the Court agreed that there was an important legal question to consider. It acknowledged our concerns over ... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
05 Jul 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry
Charlotte Nichols Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to engage with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The Government is fully committed to constructive engagement with the Covid-19 Inquiry and has been since its establishment. Government officials and lawyers meet with the Inquiry on a regular basis, both as part of a regular series of meetings and on an ... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Commons
22 Jun 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry

Commons Chamber

Written Question Lords
20 Jun 2023
Diseases
Lord Mendelsohn Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government what practical steps they are taking to embed lessons from the pandemic response to ensure future pandemic preparedness.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The United Kingdom has flexible and well-tested pandemic response capabilities. Learning the lessons from COVID-19, we are working with the Centre for Pandemic Preparedness in the UK Health Security Agency to ensure a flexible and capabilities-based appro... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
14 Jun 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry
Lord Cruddas Conservative → Cabinet Office

To ask His Majesty's Government when the UK COVID-19 inquiry will complete; and whether they will put a cap on the (1) time frame, and (2) cost, permitted.

Government answer
Cabinet Office Under the Inquiries Act 2005, the process, timing and procedure of the Inquiry are decisions for the Inquiry’s independent Chair, Baroness Hallett. The Chair is under a statutory obligation to avoid unnecessary costs in the Inquiry’s work and she has been... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 Jun 2023
Coronavirus: Inquiries
Rachael Maskell Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) outcomes and (b) lessons learned from the covid-19 inquiries in other countries.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Department is building on the valuable lessons to be learnt from COVID-19 to inform our preparedness for future pandemics and will review the lessons learnt reports from other countries with interest and ensure any relevant lessons are factored into o... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
12 Jun 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the government departments in Northern Ireland to ensure that all required information is provided to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive.

Government answer
Cabinet Office Government departments and the devolved administrations, including Northern Ireland, are individual core participants to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, so departments are not able to provide support to them in responding to the Inquiry. Government departments a... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Lords
08 Jun 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry

Lords Chamber

Early Day Motion Commons
07 Jun 2023
Industrial dispute at Allied Bakeries in Liverpool

That this House expresses support and solidarity to members of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union taking industrial action over pay at Allied Bakeries' Liverpool site; applauds the contribution made by these key workers throughout the period of the covid-19 pandemic; regrets that these workers have experienced a continued real-terms cut in their levels of pay with wages failing to meet the costs resulting from soaring inflation; draws attention to the findings of a recent Bakers, Food ...

Hansard Debate Lords
06 Jun 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Judicial Review

Lords Chamber

Early Day Motion Commons
06 Jun 2023
Measures to enable immunocompromised and immunosuppressed patients to live with covid-19

That this House regrets the continued failure of Government to protect people who have moderate to severe immune compromise from covid-19 infection, by failing to make Evusheld available on the NHS when it was at its most effective against covid strains; notes with alarm the disbandment of the Enhanced Protection Programme, Covid-19 Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce, ONS Covid-19 Infection Survey and the closure of Covid Medicine Delivery Units since 31 March 2023; deeply regrets that pat...

Written Question Commons
05 Jun 2023
Covid-19 Inquiry: Legal Costs
Charlotte Nichols Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of legal fees for judicial review of the notice from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to his Department under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The government’s work on the Inquiry requires legal support which departments will procure at their own discretion from approved internal and external sources. The Judicial Review is ongoing, and as such the Cabinet Office does not yet have an estimate of... Read full answer →