![]() ![]() "I don't know to what extent that was over-enthusiasm versus deliberate. "He would say them too enthusiastically, too early without the evidence to back them up and then have to backtrack from hem days later. Image: Matt Hancock was health secretary during the pandemicĪsked for his opinion on Mr Hancock after working with him throughout the pandemic, Sir Patrick said: "He had a habit of saying things which he didn't have a basis for. He added: "I would be very surprised if any minister didn't understand that these openings carried risk."Ī Number 10 spokesperson said they would not be commenting on specific evidence while the inquiry was ongoing.īut they said Mr Sunak believed it was "important that we learn the lessons of COVID, and that where lessons are to be learned, we do that in the spirit of transparency and candour", adding: The government has submitted more than 55,000 documents in support of their work and continues to fully participate with the inquiry." "So I think it would have been very obvious to anyone that this was likely to cause, well, inevitably would cause an increase in transmission risk and I think that would have been known by ministers." ![]() ![]() Watch live on Sky channel 501, Freeview 233, Virgin 602, the Sky News website and app or YouTube.īut asked about the inconsistency with his own statement, Sir Patrick said: "Around that time lots of measures were being released and you will see repeated references in various minutes and notes and emails and indeed, I am sure, in my private notes, to our concern that people were piling on more and more things and this would come to drive R above one and I think that was discussed at cabinet as well. ![]()
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