Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish an independent expert group other than NERVTAG to adjudicate on whether certain procedures should be regarded as aerosol generating procedures for the purposes of personal protective equipment guidance.

An independent panel on aerosol generating procedures is in the course of being established. The panel will provide its expert advice to the four United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers. The terms of reference for the panel are currently being established and a date for the first meeting is being agreed on.