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UK COVID-19 Inquiry. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.

279 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 2 July 2020
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Public Bodies: Inquiries

Written Question House of Commons
Steve Reed · Labour Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total number of inquiries into public bodies in each year since 2017.

Government answer

Answering body: Ministry of Justice

The UK Government Inquiries established in each year since 2017 are set out below. These include both non-statutory Inquiries and those established under the Inquiries Act 2005. They do not include Inquiries established by the Northern Ireland Executive or the Scottish Government.

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2017

Elizabeth Dixon Investigation; Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry; Infected Blood Inquiry; Independent Inquiry into the award of the Magnox decommissioning contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and its subsequent termination

2018

Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review; Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by Ian Paterson

2019

Brook House Inquiry; Manchester Arena Inquiry

2020

Jermaine Baker Inquiry; Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

2021

Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry

2022

Angiolini Inquiry; Dawn Sturgess Inquiry; Fuller Inquiry; UK Covid-19 Inquiry; Independent Inquiry into alleged unlawful activity by British Armed Forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan

2023 to date

Inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh bombing

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Original parliamentary record

Covid-19 Inquiry

Written Question House of Commons
Steve Reed · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to meet with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to discuss appointing panel members to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

Appointments to an inquiry panel are made in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Inquiries Act 2005 and in consultation with the chair. Any representations on the composition of the panel will be duly considered by the Government. Moreover, the inquiry’s terms of reference require it to “listen to and consider carefully the experiences of bereaved families and others who have suffered hardship or loss as a result of the pandemic".

Original parliamentary record