No-nonsense chair Lady Hallett is determined to defy those who say the inquiry is a waste of time and money
And the main culprit for any dither and delay is not the inquiry itself but Rishi Sunak and the Cabinet Office, whose judicial review of Lady Hallett’s right to uncensored material is lobbed a huge timesuck into the process – just as it is poised to grill David Cameron and George Osborne on the impact of austerity on the UK’s preparedness for a pandemic.
Maragh said the Government’s stance ”reeks of obfuscation” and its “lack of candour undermines the sincerity of its statements”. Campbell talked about “individuals and departments running down the clock”. On Monday at a TUC event, Lobby Akinnola, whose father Femi was a Mencap carer who died of the virus, showed more dignity, integrity and good sense than any minister has of late in their handling of the Covid inquiry.
However, perhaps the most potent line in the whole preliminary hearing on Tuesday was from Ms Campbell KC, representing Northern Ireland families. She said the Government’s fresh attempts at secrecy and delays were adding to the “damage already done to public confidence… expressed across the kitchen table from which loved ones are absent”.
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