Scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. I swear by almighty god. Sincerely and truly. Declare and affirm. That the evidence i shall give. Should be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming up are the key things we learned from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared . The inquiry is set to last for years but is broken down into different sections. There are so many different ways to express different opinions. Why do we have to have personal abuse . Baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. Throughout, the questioning is led by senior counsel hugo keith kc. But if ijust may say, mr hancock, will you allow me, please, in this forum . It is vital for planning. Thats the point. I ask the questions. Of course. That crucialjob is shared by another senior barrister, Kate Blackwell kc. Do you accept, mr cameron, that the Health Budgets over the time of your government were inade
Scientists and other experts are being questioned under oath. I swear by almighty god. Sincerely and truly. Declare and affirm. That the evidence i shall give. Should be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming up are the key things we learned from the first part of the inquiry that asks when covid hit, was the uk properly prepared . The inquiry is set to last for years but is broken down into different sections. There are so many different ways to express different opinions. Why do we have to have personal abuse . Baroness hallett, a former high courtjudge, is chairing this inquiry. Throughout, the questioning is led by senior counsel hugo keith kc. But if ijust may say, mr hancock, will you allow me, please, in this forum . It is vital for planning. Thats the point. I ask the questions. Of course. That crucialjob is shared by another senior barrister, Kate Blackwell kc. Do you accept, mr cameron, that the Health Budgets over the time of your government were inade
going to be the only way that you contained a virus because it spread like wildfire. the inquiry hears that preparations in the uk did not include plans for a national lockdown or the closing of schools and businesses for any serious length of time. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. kathryn hammond was the director of the cabinet office unit in charge of emergency planning in 2020. was there any consideration of full national lockdowns? i no, there wasn t, because the pandemic flu scenario didn t make that an effective tool. there was therefore a failure to think about in the way- that other countries, - particularly in the far east, had done, countermeasures such as. ..mandatory quarantines? yes shielding. social restrictions. yes border controls. yes there was, as you say, - a complete lack of imagination. yes.
so there was a shared assumption that herd immunity was inevitably going to be the only way that you contained a virus because it spread like wildfire. the inquiry hears that preparations in the uk did not include plans for a national lockdown or the closing of schools and businesses for any serious length of time. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. kathryn hammond was the director of the cabinet office unit in charge of emergency planning in 2020. was there any consideration of full national lockdowns? i no, there wasn t, because the pandemic flu scenario didn t make that an effective tool. there was therefore a failure to think about in the way- that other countries, - particularly in the far east, had done, countermeasures such as. ..mandatory quarantines? yes.