Coronavirus Pandemic - Collection of Materials

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is to begin hearing evidence on 13 June 2023 - Module 1 (Preparedness and Resilience).

The hearings will be available to watch on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel, subject to a three minute delay. A transcript of each hearing will be made available at the end of each day. A recording of the hearing will be published on the Inquiry’s website at a later date. Alternative formats, including a Welsh language translation are available on request.

*** Hearings ***

Resilience and preparedness (Module 1) - Public Hearings - UK Covid-19 Inquiry (covid19.public-inquiry.uk)

*** History / Media Links  ***

During the pandemic, this blog kept an on-going collection of news items - 

Coronavirus Log Part 1 - (December 2019 to 28 April 2020) - 

Part 2 (29 April 2020 to 24 May 2020) - 

Part 3 (25 May to 21 June 2020) - 

Part 4 (22 June to 26 July 2020) - 

Part 5 (27 July to 1 November - 

Part 6 (2 November 2020 to 13 February 2021) - 

Part 7 (13 February 2021 to 11 April 2021). - 

Part 8 (12 April 2021 to 16 May 2021) - 

Part 9 (17 May 2021 to 20 June 2021) - 

Part 10 (21 June 2021 to 18 July 2021)

Part 11 (19 July 2021 to 6 May 2022).

*** LEGISLATION ***

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (legislation.gov.uk) - Part 2A of this Act was used extensively to make Regulations.

Coronavirus Act 2020

Coronavirus Act 2020 - Status Table

Secondary legislation - The Government laid 582 Coronavirus-related Statutory Instruments (SIs) before the UK Parliament between the start of 2020 and 3 March 2022.

 Coronavirus Statutory Instruments Dashboard | Delegated legislation and Coronavirus SIs in Parliament (hansardsociety.org.uk)

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 was not used to deal with Covid-19. This was discussed on this blog at - The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 was not used. Why?

*** Parliament ***

Report published on the impact of COVID-19 on Parliament - Committees - UK Parliament

Inquiries and reports - UK Parliament

*** Government ***

About SAGE and COVID-19 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Scientific evidence supporting the government response to coronavirus (COVID-19) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

*** World Health Organization ***

The WHO is now seeking a new Pandemic Preparedness Treaty which is currently in draft form. The proposal is explained in this House of Commons Library publication - What is the proposed WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty?

A Westminster Hall debate held on 17 April 2023 in response to a petition - Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response: Intern - Hansard - UK Parliament.

*** BLOGS ***

A particularly good source of legal materials was the blog by barrister Charles Holland - Coronavirus Law Resources (cholland.com)

*** Future ***

COVID-19 testing approach from April 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Inquiry update 30 May: New investigations announced - UK Covid-19 Inquiry (covid19.public-inquiry.uk)