Source · Select Committees · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Recommendation 184
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Given the painfully slow increase in the availability of testing before April 2020, we consider...
Conclusion
Given the painfully slow increase in the availability of testing before April 2020, we consider that the impact of the Secretary of State’s target to have been an appropriate one to galvanise the rapid change the system needed. However, as such a personal and unilateral approach was needed—and appears not to have been supported by other parts of Government—it is concerning to contemplate what would have happened without this unorthodox initiative.
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 30 June 2022. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗