Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Professor Adam Finn (University of Bristol, Member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation), Elizabeth Hegarty (Director of Services at Heathrow Airport), Professor Kelley Lee (Research Chair in Global Health Governance, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University and Chair of Pandemic Borders), and Professor Christina Pagel (Director of Clinical Operational Research Unit, UCL and member of Independent SAGE)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Dr Hugh Heggie (Chief Health Officer, Northern Territory), KIm Geum-Chan (Director, Quarantine policy division, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency), Susan Pearce (Deputy Secretary for Patient Experience and System Performance, Ministry of Health, New South Wales), Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys (Deputy Commissioner of Police, New South Wales), Lee Wook-Gyo (Quarantine facility management team leader, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency), Ian Conduit (Director, Business Development at Sitel), Emma Gilthorpe (Chief Operating Officer at Heathrow), and Kate Nicholls (Chief Executive Officer at UK Hospitality)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Nicole Jacobs (designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner at Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Lucy Hadley (Head of Campaigns and Policy at Women's Aid Federation of England), Rosie Lewis (Deputy Director and Violence Against Women and Girls Services Manager at The Angelou Centre), Dr Jill O'Leary (GP Medical Advisory Service at Helen Bamber Foundation), Theresa Schleicher (Casework Manager at Medical Justice), and Lorna Gledhill (Deputy Director at Asylum Matters)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses John Campbell QPM (Chief Constable at Thames Valley Police), Carl Foulkes QPM (Chief Constable at North Wales Police), Owen Weatherill (Assistant Chief Constable, Operation Talla at National Police Chiefs' Council), Lucy Moreton (Professional Officer at The ISU), Professor John Edmunds OBE (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), and Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Chief Constable Pam Kelly (Chief Constable at Gwent Police), Chief Constable Andy Rhodes (Chief Constable at Lancashire Constabulary), Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe (Lead on Domestic Abuse Portfolio at National Police Chiefs' Council), and Assistant Chief Constable Owen Weatherill (Silver Command, Operation Talla at National Police Chiefs' Council)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Professor James Wilsdon (Vice-Chair at International Network for Government Science Advice), Professor Gabriel Leung (Dean of Medicine at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong), Professor Teo Yik-Ying (Dean at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore), and Sir David Skegg (Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago, New Zealand)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Commander Karen Baxter (Head of Economic Crime at City of London Police), Graeme Biggar (CBE and Director General at National Economic Crime Centre), Susie Hargreaves OBE (Chief Executive at Internet Watch Foundation), and Robert Jones (Director of Threat Leadership at National Crime Agency)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Sarah West (Chief Operations Officer, Port of Dover), Tony Smith (CBE, Chair, International Border Management and Technologies Association, Former interim Director General of Border Force), Karen Dee (Chief Executive at Airport Operators Association), Professor Gabriel Scally (Visiting Professor of Public Health at Bristol University), and Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith (Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Baroness Williams of Trafford (Lords Minister at Home Office), and Caroline Dinenage (MP and Minister of State for Digital and Culture at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Sarah Burnett (Business Operations Director, Justice and Immigration at Serco), Colin Dobell (Managing Director, Care and Custody at Mitie), Steven Lakey (Managing Director at Clearsprings Ready Homes), John Taylor (Chief Operating Officer at Mears Group), Tim Buley QC (QC at Landmark Chambers), and Rory Dunlop QC (QC at 39 Essex Chambers)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Rt Hon Priti Patel (MP and Home Secretary at Home Office), Matthew Rycroft CBE (Permanent Secretary at Home Office), and Shona Dunn (Second Permanent Secretary at Home Office)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Adrian Berry (Chair at Immigration Law Practioners' Association), Colin Yeo (Founder at Free Movement and Founder at Free Movement), Andy Hewett (Head of Advocacy at Refugee Council), Bella Sankey (Director at Detention Action), and Chai Patel (Legal Policy Director at Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Dame Vera Baird DBE QC (Victims' Commissioner at Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales), Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner at Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Anne Longfield OBE (Children's Commissioner at Children's Commissioner for England), Eleanor Butt (Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Refuge), Lucy Hadley (Campaigns and Policy Manager, Women's Aid), Anna Edmundson (Head of Policy and Public Affairs at National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), and Baljit Banga (Executive Director at Imkaan)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Simon Kempton (Operational Lead, Covid-19 at Police Federation of England and Wales), Chief Superintendent Paul Griffiths (President at Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales), Chief Constable Lisa Winward (Chief Constable at North Yorkshire Police), Chief Constable Garry Forsyth (Chief Constable at Bedfordshire Police), Chief Constable John Robins (Chief Constable at West Yorkshire Police), and Chief Constable Peter Goodman (Chief Constable at Derbyshire Police)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Lucy Moreton (Corporate Officer at Immigration Services Union), Deputy Chief Constable Paul Netherton OBE (Lead for Civil Contingencies at National Police Chiefs' Council), Assistant Chief Constable Owen Weatherill (Stratgic Lead at National Police Coordination Centre), Emma Moore (Chief Operating Officer at UK Border Force), and Angela Perfect (COVID-19 Incident Gold Commander at UK Border Force)