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Parliamentary Debates
Oaths and Affirmations
1 speech (1 words)
Tuesday 22nd October 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: None Baroness Hallett took the oath, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct. - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Inquiry
57 speeches (7,607 words)
Friday 19th July 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Yesterday, Baroness Hallett published her report from the first module of the UK covid-19 inquiry, which - Link to Speech
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Baroness Hallett deserves credit for putting the voices of the bereaved up front. - Link to Speech
3: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Baroness Hallett has set out a number of failings, whether speed, leadership or co-ordination. - Link to Speech
4: Perran Moon (Lab - Camborne and Redruth) Friend for his statement and Baroness Hallett for her important report. - Link to Speech

UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 Report
1 speech (316 words)
Thursday 18th July 2024 - Written Statements
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) are vital to ensuring the resilience of the whole of the United Kingdom.I would like to thank Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill
8 speeches (2,567 words)
2nd reading
Friday 26th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Let us hope that Baroness Hallett, when she looks at this issue in the public inquiry, reaches the conclusion - Link to Speech

Covid-19: Response and Excess Deaths
91 speeches (19,832 words)
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) If module 4 had been heard this summer, perhaps Baroness Hallett, as an interim recommendation, could - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill
54 speeches (10,964 words)
2nd reading
Friday 20th October 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) May I return him to his point about the covid inquiry and what Baroness Hallett said? - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Inquiry: Judicial Review
24 speeches (5,256 words)
Tuesday 6th June 2023 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: None It is being chaired by Baroness Hallett, an eminent former Court of Appeal judge. - Link to Speech
2: None Baroness Hallett, as I have said, is a highly respected senior judge and inquiry chair in whom the Government - Link to Speech

Covid 19 Inquiry: Judicial Review
53 speeches (8,188 words)
Monday 5th June 2023 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (CON - Horsham) It is being chaired by Baroness Hallett, an eminent former Court of Appeal judge. - Link to Speech
2: Aaron Bell (CON - Newcastle-under-Lyme) the Government have already responded, covering an awful lot of the same material, although Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech
3: Jeremy Quin (CON - Horsham) I was fulsome in my respect for the inquiry and its chair for good reason: Baroness Hallett is an eminent - Link to Speech
4: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) If he has total confidence in Baroness Hallett, as he appears to do, he should be confident that when - Link to Speech

UK Covid-19 Inquiry
1 speech (389 words)
Thursday 27th April 2023 - Written Statements
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) Baroness Hallett has emphasised that she is keen to start hearing evidence as quickly as possible and - Link to Speech

Oaths and Affirmations
1 speech (1 words)
Thursday 27th April 2023 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: None Baroness Hallett took the oath. - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
129 speeches (9,689 words)
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) As Baroness Hallett has set out, she intends to gather written evidence throughout this year, with public - Link to Speech

Built Environment Committee
28 speeches (1,702 words)
Tuesday 31st January 2023 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and Lord Sandhurst be appointed members of the Select Committee, in place of Lord Dholakia, Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech

Covid-19: Economic Impact of Lockdowns
55 speeches (11,894 words)
Tuesday 29th November 2022 - Westminster Hall
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Graham Stringer (LAB - Blackley and Broughton) Like other colleagues who have spoken, I have written to Baroness Hallett setting out my worry that she - Link to Speech
2: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) I will not respond to every point as many of them are for the inquiry chairman, Baroness Hallett, to - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Vaccines: Safety
57 speeches (12,933 words)
Monday 24th October 2022 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) aspect of the policy.Secondly, will the Minister make representations in Government, and to Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech
2: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) I wrote to Baroness Hallett, asking her to ensure that the terms of reference specifically covered the - Link to Speech

UK Covid-19 Inquiry
1 speech (1,112 words)
Tuesday 28th June 2022 - Written Statements
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Earlier this year, I published terms of reference for the inquiry in draft and asked Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
123 speeches (9,022 words)
Thursday 9th June 2022 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (CON - Northampton North) reports (including interim reports) and any recommendations in a timely manner.”To be fair, Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech
2: Michael Ellis (CON - Northampton North) The consultation on the terms of reference that Baroness Hallett engaged upon is now complete. - Link to Speech

Sue Gray Report
146 speeches (11,646 words)
Wednesday 25th May 2022 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Gentleman knows, Baroness Hallett—Heather Hallett—has been appointed to head the inquiry, and he can - Link to Speech

Covid-19: Public Inquiry
12 speeches (3,522 words)
Tuesday 19th April 2022 - Westminster Hall
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Heather Wheeler (CON - South Derbyshire) Lady has asked me many questions on this point—the Prime Minister has asked Baroness Hallett to lead - Link to Speech
2: Heather Wheeler (CON - South Derbyshire) Over the course of four weeks, Baroness Hallett and her team travelled to 11 cities across the UK and - Link to Speech
3: Heather Wheeler (CON - South Derbyshire) Baroness Hallett has made it clear that she will do everything in her power to deliver the recommendations - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
125 speeches (8,898 words)
Thursday 31st March 2022 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (CON - Northampton North) Baroness Hallett has confirmed that her investigation will begin once the terms of reference are finalised - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Monday 4th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Haemophilia Scotland, and Justice

Statutory Inquiries - Statutory Inquiries Committee

Found: Baroness Hallett went around the country seeking people’s views on the terms of reference, and they

Thursday 23rd November 2023
Report - 1st Report - New committee activity in 2024

Liaison Committee (Lords)

Found: established 17/12/14, chaired by Lady Smith; Coronavirus (UK), established 12/05/21, chaired by Baroness Hallett

Monday 18th September 2023
Correspondence - Correspondence from Baroness Hallett, Chair, UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry, re UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry, dated 17 July 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Found: Correspondence from Baroness Hallett, Chair, UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry, re UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry

Thursday 7th September 2023
Correspondence - Correspondence from Ben Connah, Inquiry Secretary, UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry, re letter to Baroness Hallett re Treasury Minute responses on matters related to Covid-19 preparations and response, dated 3 August 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Found: Correspondence from Ben Connah, Inquiry Secretary, UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry, re letter to Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 11th July 2023
Oral Evidence - Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

Coronavirus and Scotland follow-up - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: covid inquiries in addition to this one, including the independent UK covid-19 inquiry led by Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 27th June 2023
Written Evidence - Scotland Office
CSFU0009 - Coronavirus and Scotland follow-up

Coronavirus and Scotland follow-up - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: inquiries are currently taking place, including the independent UK Covid-19 Inquiry4 led by Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 28th February 2023
Report - 1st Report - All families matter: An inquiry into family migration

Family Migration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: LIST OF MEMBERS AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Lord Blunkett Baroness Chakrabarti Lord Dholakia Baroness Hallett

Wednesday 30th November 2022
Oral Evidence - Welsh Government, and Welsh Government

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: I am very encouraged by the fact that the chair of the inquiry, Baroness Hallett, made her first visit

Tuesday 6th September 2022
Oral Evidence - Nagalro, The Professional Association for Children's Guardians, Family Court Advisers and Independent Social Workers, Centre on Migration Policy and Society, Hertfordshire County Council, and London Councils

Family Migration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Monday 25th July 2022
Correspondence - Letter from Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer & Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on the Cabinet Office Main Estimates 2022-23, dated 14.7.22

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: inquiry under the Inquiries Act, the conduct of the inquiry is the responsibility of its Chair, Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 19th July 2022
Oral Evidence - IESEG School of Management, London School of Economics (LSE), and University College London (UCL)

Family Migration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Friday 15th July 2022
Correspondence - Letter from Ben Connah, Secretary of the Covid-19 Inquiry to Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top regarding that inquiry's Terms of Reference (15 July 2022)

Public Services Committee

Found: parliament.uk 15 June 2022 Dear Baroness Armstrong , Thank you for your letter of 6 April to Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 12th July 2022
Oral Evidence - UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE, Coram Children's Legal Centre, and Reunite Families Uk

Family Migration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: the meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 5th July 2022
Correspondence - Letter to Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on the Cabinet Office Main Estimates 2022-23, dated 5.7.22

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: The public consultation closed on 7 April 2022 and the Chair, Baroness Hallett, has sent her recommendations

Wednesday 29th June 2022
Declarations of interest - The Life in the UK Test inquiry - Declarations of interest

The Life in the UK test - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: relevant interests declared Lord Dholakia No relevant interests declared Baroness Hallett

Friday 27th May 2022
Government Response - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty Sixth report from Session 2021-22

Government preparedness for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for government on risk - Public Accounts Committee

Found: The inquir y will be chaired by Baroness Hallett and draft Terms of Reference were published on 10

Wednesday 18th May 2022
Special Report - First Special Report - Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On: Government response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2021–22

Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: those who had sadly lost loved ones, had the opportunity to contribute, the inquiry™s chair, Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 17th May 2022
Oral Evidence - Home Office, and Home Office

The Life in the UK test - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Thursday 5th May 2022
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the COVID-19 public inquiry

Public Services Committee

Found: Letter from the Chair to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the COVID-19 public inquiry Correspondence

Thursday 14th April 2022
Oral Evidence - Dr Ricky van Oers (Programme Manager at Centre for Professional Legal Education, Radboud University), Dr Djordje Sredanovic (GERME Department at Université libre de Bruxelles), and Dr Elisabeth Badenhoop (Senior Researcher and Lecturer in Government and Policy Research at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

The Life in the UK test - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Wednesday 30th March 2022
Inquiry Publications - 1st Report - Technology rules? The advent of new technologies in the justice system

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Kennedy of The Shaws Baroness Chakrabarti Baroness Pidding Lord Dholakia Baroness Primarolo Baroness Hallett

Wednesday 30th March 2022
Correspondence - Correspondence from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Team in response to the Committee’s letter on the draft Terms of Reference for the inquiry, dated 24 March

Education Committee

Found: Commons London SW1A 0AA 24 March 2022 Dear Mr Halfon, Thank you for your letter dated 15 March to Baroness Hallett

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Written Evidence - School of Law, Cyprus Campus, University of Central Lancashire
RLC0015 - Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers

Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers - Constitution Committee

Found: The findings of the Committee may assist Baroness Hallett in her new capacity as Chair of the Covid-19

Friday 18th March 2022
Inquiry Publications - Seventh Report - Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On

Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: the Government published the dra˙ terms of reference for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, chaired by Baroness Hallett

Tuesday 15th March 2022
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to Baroness Hallett regarding the Government's Draft Terms of Reference for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, dated 15 March 2022

Education Committee

Found: Correspondence from the Chair to Baroness Hallett regarding the Government's Draft Terms of Reference

Tuesday 18th January 2022
Oral Evidence - Home Office, and Home Office
Home Office, and Home Office

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Monday 8th November 2021
Oral Evidence - Dover Harbour Board, John Keefe (Director of Public Affairs at Getlink), and Eurostar
Dover Harbour Board, Getlink, and Eurostar

ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Wednesday 27th October 2021
Oral Evidence - Professor Sandra Wachter (Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford), Mr David Lewis (Former Deputy Chief Constable and former ethics lead NPCC at Dorset Police), and Semantics 21
University of Oxford, Dorset Police, and Semantics 21

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Baroness Sanderson of Welton: That is helpful, thank you. 6The Chair: Baroness Hallett wants to come

Thursday 21st October 2021
Oral Evidence - Professor Karen Yeung (Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics, Birmingham Law School at The University of Birmingham), Prison Reform Trust, and Big Brother Watch
The University of Birmingham, Prison Reform Trust, and Big Brother Watch

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: the meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Friday 17th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Robert Buckland QC MP (Secretary of State for Justice at Ministry of Justice)
Ministry of Justice

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Robert Buckland MP: Yes indeed, Baroness Hallett.

Wednesday 15th September 2021
Oral Evidence - Professor Colin Gavaghan (Director New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies at University of Otago), Dr Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network, associate professor Tilburg University/Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)), and Professor Elizabeth E Joh (Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at University of California, Davis)
University of Otago, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and University of California, Davis

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Thursday 29th July 2021
Oral Evidence - Dr David Leslie (Ethics Theme Lead at Alan Turing Institute), and Professor Michael Wooldridge (Head of Department of Computer Science, Professor of Computer Science at University of Oxford)
Alan Turing Institute, and University of Oxford

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Lord Blunkett; Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Monday 28th June 2021
Oral Evidence - Professor Sylvie Delacroix (Professor in Law and Ethics at University of Birmingham), Professor Carole McCartney (Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Northumbria University), and Professor Charles Raab (Professorial Fellow, Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science at The University of Edinburgh)
University of Birmingham, Northumbria University, and The University of Edinburgh

New technologies and the application of the law - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: the meetingMembers present: Baroness Hamwee (The Chair); Baroness Chakrabarti; Lord Dholakia; Baroness Hallett

Monday 8th March 2021
Oral Evidence - 4 March 2021

Highgate Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee

Found: the HIGHGATE CEMETERY BILL Thursday 4 March 2021 (Afternoon) In Committee Room 4a PRESENT: Baroness Hallett

Monday 8th March 2021
Oral Evidence - 4 March 2021

Highgate Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee

Found: the HIGHGATE CEMETERY BILL Thursday 4 March 2021 (Morning) In Committee Room 4a PRESENT: Baroness Hallett

Thursday 4th March 2021
Oral Evidence - 3 March 2021

Highgate Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee

Found: the HIGHGATE CEMETERY BILL Wednesday 3 March 2021 (Morning) In Committee Room 4a PRESENT: Baroness Hallett

Thursday 4th March 2021
Oral Evidence - 2 March 2021

Highgate Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee

Found: the HIGHGATE CEMETERY BILL Tuesday 2 March 2021 (Afternoon) In Committee Room 4a PRESENT: Baroness Hallett

Thursday 4th March 2021
Oral Evidence - 2 March 2021

Highgate Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee

Found: the HIGHGATE CEMETERY BILL Tuesday 2 March 2021 (Morning) In Committee Room 4a PRESENT: Baroness Hallett

Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Correspondence - Letter from Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 28 January 2021, on criminal legal aid review

The Future of Legal Aid - Justice Committee

Found: OFFICIAL SENSITIVE The Right Honourable Baroness Hallett DBE Baroness Hallett was c alled to

Wednesday 7th October 2020
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Defence

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: You will have seen last week that an IFI report by Baroness Hallett looking at the Iraq fatality investigations



Written Answers
Covid-19 Inquiry: Immunosuppression
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Exeter (Bishops - Bishops)
Monday 7th August 2023

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how the needs of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable, as distinct from the disabled, will be addressed in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)

The UK COVID-19 Inquiry is independent of the Government. The process, procedure and timing of the Inquiry are matters for the Chair, Baroness Hallett.

On 16th January 2023 the Chair designated the group Clinically Vulnerable Families as a Core Participant for Module 3 of the Inquiry which covers healthcare systems in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is for the Inquiry itself to provide any further detail on the important issue of how the needs of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable will be addressed.

The Government is committed to learning from the Covid-19 Inquiry’s findings which will play a key role in informing planning and preparations for the future; it continues to work closely with the Inquiry.

Covid-19 Inquiry
Asked by: Lord Cruddas (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 28th June 2023

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the UK COVID-19 inquiry will complete; and whether they will put a cap on the (1) time frame, and (2) cost, permitted.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)

Under the Inquiries Act 2005, the process, timing and procedure of the Inquiry are decisions for the Inquiry’s independent Chair, Baroness Hallett. The Chair is under a statutory obligation to avoid unnecessary costs in the Inquiry’s work and she has been clear that she intends to complete her work as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Covid-19 Inquiry
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Friday 22nd July 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has sought external legal advice on disclosures to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The Covid-19 Inquiry will play a key role in learning lessons from the pandemic. The final Terms of Reference for the Inquiry were published in June. The Prime Minister accepted all of Baroness Hallett’s recommendations.

The Government does not comment on legal advice it may have received. We will meet our obligations to the Inquiry in full.

The Government is committed to working with the Inquiry to ensure that Baroness Hallett is able to conduct a thorough investigation into the preparations for and the response to the pandemic.

Covid-19 Inquiry
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Friday 22nd July 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government is using a traffic light ranking system to assess disclosures to the Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The Covid-19 Inquiry will play a key role in learning lessons from the pandemic. The final Terms of Reference for the Inquiry were published in June. The Prime Minister accepted all of Baroness Hallett’s recommendations.

The Government does not comment on legal advice it may have received. We will meet our obligations to the Inquiry in full.

The Government is committed to working with the Inquiry to ensure that Baroness Hallett is able to conduct a thorough investigation into the preparations for and the response to the pandemic.

Covid-19 Inquiry
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Monday 6th June 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the scope of the Covid-19 Inquiry includes an assessment of the potential impact on people bereaved by covid-19 of the findings of the Cabinet Office report entitled Findings of Second Permanent Secretary's investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises during covid restrictions.

Answered by Michael Ellis

In March, the Prime Minister published the draft terms of reference for the public inquiry into COVID-19. The Prime Minister asked Baroness Hallett - the inquiry’s chair - to consult publicly on the draft and to make proposals for further refinements. Following that consultation, Baroness Hallett has now published her recommendations. In accordance with the terms of the Inquiries Act, the Government will now consider her proposals fully, consult the devolved administrations, and will publish the inquiry's final terms of reference in due course.

10 Downing Street
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Monday 6th June 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require the proposed covid-19 inquiry to collect evidence on the impact of breaches of covid-19 restrictions at 10 Downing Street on people who were bereaved during covid-19.

Answered by Michael Ellis

In March, the Prime Minister published the draft terms of reference for the public inquiry into COVID-19. The Prime Minister asked Baroness Hallett - the inquiry’s chair - to consult publicly on the draft and to make proposals for further refinements. Following that consultation, Baroness Hallett has now published her recommendations. In accordance with the terms of the Inquiries Act, the Government will now consider her proposals fully, consult the devolved administrations, and will publish the inquiry's final terms of reference in due course.

Public Inquiries: Barristers
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has paid in fees to all counsel to public inquiries in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Michael Ellis

Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to the Inquiry is a matter for an inquiry’s independent chair.

Baroness Hallett, the chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, has appointed Hugo Keith QC as Lead Counsel to the Inquiry.

Information as to fees paid to inquiry counsel is not held centrally. Statutory inquiries publish information on their expenditure on their own independent websites.

Covid-19 Inquiry: Barristers
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process is for the selection of counsel for the forthcoming public inquiry into the covid-19 pandemic.

Answered by Michael Ellis

Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to the Inquiry is a matter for an inquiry’s independent chair.

Baroness Hallett, the chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, has appointed Hugo Keith QC as Lead Counsel to the Inquiry.

Information as to fees paid to inquiry counsel is not held centrally. Statutory inquiries publish information on their expenditure on their own independent websites.

Public Inquiries: Barristers
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm the process by which counsel to public inquiries are selected.

Answered by Michael Ellis

Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to the Inquiry is a matter for an inquiry’s independent chair.

Baroness Hallett, the chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, has appointed Hugo Keith QC as Lead Counsel to the Inquiry.

Information as to fees paid to inquiry counsel is not held centrally. Statutory inquiries publish information on their expenditure on their own independent websites.



Parliamentary Research
House of Lords: Maiden and valedictory speeches, 2019-2022 - LLN-2022-0053
Nov. 15 2022

Found: Manchester, Counter -Terrorism and Sentencing Bill .......................................... 21 Baroness Hallett



Tweets
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields) - @EmmaLewellBuck
22 Nov 2022, 2:26 p.m.

It's vital that we consider a wide range of views within the Covid inquiry - we shouldn't allow it to be blind to areas of important investigation. That's why I signed this letter to the Chairman of the Covid Inquiry Baroness Hallett ✒️ https://t.co/lN2V2dRRCv

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Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow) - @halfon4harlowMP
12 May 2022, 3:26 p.m.

Today, Baroness Hallett recommended that the Terms of Reference for the #COVID19 Public Inquiry includes children and mental health. I strongly welcome this recommendation and am grateful to Baroness Hallett for listening to the concerns of @CommonsEd ?? https://t.co/smeoV3h6B3

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Mark Harper (Conservative - Forest of Dean) - @Mark_J_Harper
12 May 2022, 2:08 p.m.

? Pleased to see that the @covidinquiryuk terms of reference have been sharpened, which reflects the suggestions made by @SteveBakerHW & I. ✍️ You can read the original letter Steve & I sent to the Inquiry Chair, Baroness Hallett, here: https://t.co/DsXPrRmf5g https://t.co/SokcRyAiBz

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Coronavirus APPG - @AppgCoronavirus
26 Apr 2022, 1:03 p.m.

"The question which Baroness Hallett might be asking is whether or not that has been done, because it has been obvious for some time that there would be an public inquiry, so such instruction could’ve been issued quite a long time ago." 2/

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Mark Harper (Conservative - Forest of Dean) - @Mark_J_Harper
31 Mar 2022, 3:54 p.m.

??‍♂️ The Covid Recovery Group played our part in scrutinising Govt decision-making throughout the pandemic, unlike Labour ✍️ @SteveBakerHW & I have written to the Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, Baroness Hallett ✅ We welcome the breadth of the inquiry’s terms of reference ? https://t.co/gMgeoYT7U8

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Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow) - @halfon4harlowMP
24 Mar 2022, 9:06 p.m.

The draft Covid Inquiry terms of reference, astonishingly, fails to mention children. Our @HouseofCommons @CommonsEd last week wrote to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the Covid Inquiry, in order to correct this ommission ? https://t.co/AaLQPxo3J5

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Robert Halfon (Conservative - Harlow) - @halfon4harlowMP
18 Mar 2022, 7:31 p.m.

The draft terms of reference for the Official Covid inquiry doesn't even mention children. Sadly symbolic of much that went wrong for young people during pandemic. Given @UKHouseofLords #Covid_19 Cttee recommendations, perhaps Baroness Hallett, Chair of the inquiry will rethink? https://t.co/4r2EAcem6C

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Department Publications - News and Communications
Tuesday 23rd July 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Covid-19 Inquiry Module One: Oral Statement
Document: Covid-19 Inquiry Module One: Oral Statement (webpage)

Found: Yesterday, Baroness Hallett published her report from the first module of the UK covid-19 inquiry, which

Thursday 30th June 2022
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Criminal barristers to receive 15 percent fee rise in September
Document: Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid - Annexes (publishing.service.gov.uk) (PDF)

Found: The Right Honourable Baroness Hallett DBE, QC and a Recorder of the Crown Court.



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 25th January 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023
Document: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 (web accessible) (PDF)

Found: On 21 July 2022, Baroness Hallett, the Inquiry Chair, made an opening statement and launched the Inquiry

Thursday 25th January 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023
Document: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 (print ready) (PDF)

Found: On 21 July 2022, Baroness Hallett, the Inquiry Chair, made an opening statement and launched the Inquiry

Friday 17th November 2023
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: The Executive Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Document: The Executive Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (PDF)

Found: The opening statement was made by Baroness Hallett on 21 July 2022, which saw the launch of Module 1

Friday 17th November 2023
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: Department of Education Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Document: Department of Education Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 for the year ended 31 March 2023 (PDF)

Found: UK COVID Public Inquiry The UK COVID Public Inquiry was launched on 21 July 2022 by Baroness Hallett

Thursday 3rd August 2023
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: Department of Finance Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Document: Department of Finance Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (PDF)

Found: The UK Covid -19 Inquiry has been set up, chaired by Baroness Hallett, to examine the UK’s response to

Thursday 26th January 2023
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022
Document: DHSC annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022 (PDF)

Found: Baroness Hallett was app ointed Chair in December 2021 a nd in Sp ring 2022 consulted the pu blic on



Department Publications - Policy paper
Tuesday 28th June 2022
Cabinet Office
Source Page: UK COVID-19 Inquiry: terms of reference
Document: UK COVID-19 Inquiry: terms of reference (webpage)

Found: follows a full and extensive public consultation process led by the inquiry’s independent Chair - Baroness Hallett



Department Publications - Policy and Engagement
Monday 16th May 2022
HM Treasury
Source Page: Treasury Minutes – May 2022
Document: Treasury Minutes – May 2022 (print) (PDF)

Found: The inquir y will be chaired by Baroness Hallett and draft Terms of Reference were published on 10

Monday 16th May 2022
HM Treasury
Source Page: Treasury Minutes – May 2022
Document: Treasury Minutes – May 2022 (web) (PDF)

Found: The inquir y will be chaired by Baroness Hallett and draft Terms of Reference were published on 10



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Jul. 18 2024
Government Legal Department
Source Page: Government Legal Department Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: and Accounts 2023-24 16 Case Study: UK Covid-19 Inquiry The UK Covid-19 Inquiry chaired by Baroness Hallett



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Jun. 30 2022
Legal Aid Agency
Source Page: Criminal barristers to receive 15 percent fee rise in September
Document: Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid - Annexes (publishing.service.gov.uk) (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: The Right Honourable Baroness Hallett DBE, QC and a Recorder of the Crown Court.



Deposited Papers
Thursday 8th June 2023
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: Letter dated 01/06/2023 from Lord Markham to Lords regarding issues raised during the Oral Question on Long Covid: the option to purchase a Covid-19 vaccination, over represented groups among those with long Covid, assessment and treatment of long COVID, the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and future pandemic preparedness, referral times to Long Covid clinics. 3p.
Document: Lord_Markham_Long_COVID_OPQ_follow_up_letter.pdf (PDF)

Found: Also, regarding the public Inquiry into Covid -19 led by the Noble Baroness Hallett, we have always

Thursday 17th March 2022
Home Office
Source Page: Public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess: terms of reference, [following the appointment of Lord Hughes of Ombersley as chair]. 1p.
Document: Public_Inquiry_into_the_Death_of_Dawn_Sturgess_Terms_of_Reference.pdf (PDF)

Found: to take into account the investigations which have already been conducted by the Coroner ( Baroness Hallett




Baroness Hallett mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 4th September 2024
Covid Inquiries Response Directorate
Source Page: Retention of correspondence relating to UK Covid Inquiry: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401815 - Information Released - Record Retention letters (PDF)

Found: Director of Inquiry Set-up has now written to me to ask that I reiterate that message following Baroness Hallett

Thursday 29th August 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: UK Covid-19 Inquiry correspondence sent to the Former Deputy First Minister between 3 July – 16 July 2023: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400394936 - Information released - Annex A & B (PDF)

Found: The Inquiry Chair, Baroness Hallett, will consider all evidence submitted in respect of the United Kingdom

Thursday 29th August 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: UK Covid-19 Inquiry correspondence sent to the Former Deputy First Minister between 26 June 2023 – 2 July 2023: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400394961 - Information released - Annex A & B (PDF)

Found: The Inquiry Chair, Baroness Hallett, will consider all evidence submitted in respect of the United Kingdom

Wednesday 1st November 2023
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: FM meetings: FOI Review
Document: Annex (PDF)

Found: The UK Government has also set up an inquiry, chaired by Chair, Baroness Hallett, under the Inquiries



Scottish Written Answers
S6W-29621
Asked by: Sweeney, Paul (Scottish Labour - Glasgow)
Monday 23rd September 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with people living with vaccine injury, and whether it will consider meeting with representatives of such people in the coming months.

Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health

It is important to acknowledge that vaccines are medicines and like all medicines they can have side effects and, on rare occasions, cause injury. Thankfully, most side effects are mild and short lived, but the Scottish Government recognises that some are not.

The Scottish Government has corresponded with the Scottish Vaccine Injury Group on several occasions, and has routinely signposted members of the public to the vaccine damage payment scheme when they have raised issues of vaccine–related injury. The safety of medicines, including vaccines, and the subject matter of the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme are matters which are reserved to the UK Government, therefore we are unable to comment on individual cases.

The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry is currently underway and the forthcoming Module 4 of the UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry on Vaccines and Therapeutics will consider vaccine safety and other aspects, such as potential reforms to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.

The Scottish Vaccine Injury Group is a core participant of both the UK and Scottish Inquiries and as such has a central role. Due to the group’s involvement with the Inquiries, it would not be appropriate for Ministers to meet with them at this stage.

I advised through recent correspondence with the Scottish Vaccine Injury Group that I would be open to meeting with representatives of the group once Module 4 of the UK Inquiry has concluded, and after Baroness Hallett has issued my recommendations. This would facilitate a full and open discussion to take place between both parties, where recommendations could be discussed, especially if there were any the group felt weren’t full addressed as part of the inquiry.



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Scottish Ministerial Code (First Minister and Deputy First Minister)
153 speeches (130,714 words)
Wednesday 15th November 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) is correct, the Scottish Government has been deliberately slow-walking its co-operation with Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech
2: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) UK Government’s attempts to limit the requests for information from the chair of the inquiry, Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech
3: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) Government’s attempts to limit the requests for information from the chair of the UK inquiry, Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech

Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry Chair
28 speeches (25,499 words)
Thursday 27th October 2022 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) That approach has also been taken by Baroness Hallett in the United Kingdom inquiry. - Link to Speech

Urgent Question
14 speeches (10,749 words)
Wednesday 5th October 2022 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) Lady Poole was appointed in December 2021, the day before Baroness Hallett was appointed to lead the - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Inquiry
28 speeches (25,752 words)
Thursday 9th June 2022 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) keen to see referenced in the UK terms of reference, there has been a positive response from Baroness Hallett - Link to Speech