Covid-19 Pandemic: Government Response Debate

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Covid-19 Pandemic: Government Response

Jim Shannon Excerpts
Thursday 17th September 2020

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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William Wragg Portrait Mr Wragg
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I thank my hon. Friend. Being a qualified medic, he will share my disdain for any outbreak of “hindsightitis” in all this. I would emphasise that the summary of our report states that the primary purpose of the inquiry should be

“to learn lessons and to make recommendations about how similar events can be better handled in future.”

Jim Shannon Portrait Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
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I thank the hon. Member for his presentation. I wholeheartedly agree with him and others that there should be an inquiry, but does he agree that the inquiry should not be to point fingers, but rather to enable lessons to be learned if, God forbid, we come to circumstances like this again? Furthermore, does he agree that any inquiries and investigations carried out by the devolved Assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be sought by this inquiry team and must be incorporated in any report?