Committee question Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Ministers on Coronavirus response

The Petitions Committee have released recordings from their landmark online evidence session questioning Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries on the Governments response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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UK Parliament

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/news-parliament-2017/gov-response-to-coronavirus-chairs-comment-19-21/

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Friday, March 27, 2020

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Petitions Committee, Jenny Harries, 41st Canadian Parliament, Parliament of Singapore, European Parliament Committee on Petitions

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The Petitions Committee have released recordings from their landmark online evidence session questioning Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries on the Governments response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The unprecedented response came after more than 2 million people signed parliamentary petitions relating to COVID-19.
The evidence session, which was led by Petitions Committee Chair Catherine McKinnell MP, saw MPs challenge the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Dr Jenny Harries OBE and the Minister of State for School Standards Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP on the Government response to the outbreak.
The Petitions Committee were joined in the evidence session by Stephen Timms MP, Chair, and Selaine Saxby, a member, of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.