This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Announce a future public inquiry into all aspects of the Coronavirus epidemic.
Appropriate minister to exercise powers under the Inquiry Act 2005 to announce now a future inquiry into the impact of Coronavirus epidemic on the UK and create a shadow Inquiry Team under a senior Judge as chair to commence gathering live data and evidence to inform the statutory inquiry’s work.
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In a fast moving disaster environment, crucial data and evidence may well be lost, including through the deaths of key personnel. A well planned and structured shadow inquiry team will be authorised to gather relevant data and evidence independently of government in preparation for a future inquiry into all aspects and arrangements, including governance, public health, economic, cultural and civic matters. The work will allow for a faster, better informed response to inform future policy making.
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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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