Committees

Coronavirus: lessons learnt

Inquiry

The Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee are holding a joint inquiry into lessons to be learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic so far.

The two Select Committees will jointly conduct evidence sessions examining the impact and effectiveness of action taken by government and the advice it has received. Each Committee will draw on specialist expertise and call witnesses to consider a range of issues including:   

• the deployment of non-pharmaceutical interventions like lockdown and social distancing rules to manage the pandemic;   

• the impact on the social care sector;   

• the impact on BAME communities and other at-risk groups;   

• testing and contact tracing;   

• modelling and the use of statistics;   

• Government communications and public health messaging;   

• the UK’s prior preparedness for a pandemic; and   

• the development of treatments and vaccines.   

Upcoming events

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Past events

Monday 4 March 2024
4:00pm Private
4:15pm Public
Coronavirus: lessons learnt - Oral evidence 4 March 2024
4:15pm
  • Professor Sir John Bell (Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University)
4:50pm
  • Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Chief Executive at UK Health Security Agency)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 30 November 2022
9:20am Private
9:30am Public
Coronavirus: lessons learnt - Oral evidence 30 November 2022
9:30am
  • Professor Sir John Bell (Regius Professor of Medicine at University of Oxford)
9:50am
  • Dr Dame Jenny Harries OBE (Chief Executive at UK Health Security Agency)
  • Dr Thomas Waite (Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Department for Health and Social Care)
10:30am
  • Neil O'Brien MP (Minister for Primary Care and Public Health at Department for Health and Social Care)
  • Michelle Dyson (Director General, Adult Social Care at Department for Health and Social Care)
  • Clara Swinson (Director General at Department for Health and Social Care)
11:15am
  • Dame Kate Bingham (Chair (May-December 2020) at UK Vaccine Taskforce)
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 7 September 2021
2:30pm Private
Private meeting 7 September 2021
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Thursday 10 June 2021
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Coronavirus: lessons learnt - Oral evidence 10 June 2021
9:30am
  • Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Secretary of State at Department for Health and Social Care)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

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  • Email: hsccom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (general enquiries) 020 7219 6182 | 020 7219 6832 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

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  • Email: commonssitc@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5023 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 4984 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA