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Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Inquiry by the Home Affairs Committee, 11 March 2020 to 9 December 2021. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 18 March 2020: Lucy Moreton, Immigration Services Union; Deputy Chief Constable Paul Netherton OBE, National Police Chiefs' Council; Assistant Chief Constable Owen Weatherill, National Police Coordination Centre; Emma Moore, UK Border Force; Angela Perfect, UK Border Force
  • 6 April 2020: Simon Kempton, Police Federation of England and Wales; Chief Superintendent Paul Griffiths, Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales; Chief Constable Lisa Winward, North Yorkshire Police; Chief Constable Garry Forsyth, Bedfordshire Police; Chief Constable John Robins, West Yorkshire Police; Chief Constable Peter Goodman, Derbyshire Police
  • 15 April 2020: Dame Vera Baird DBE QC, Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales; Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales; Anne Longfield OBE, Children's Commissioner for England; Eleanor Butt, Refuge; Lucy Hadley; Anna Edmundson, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Baljit Banga, Imkaan
  • 21 April 2020: Adrian Berry, Immigration Law Practioners' Association; Colin Yeo, Free Movement; Andy Hewett, Refugee Council; Bella Sankey, Detention Action; Chai Patel, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
  • 29 April 2020: Rt Hon Priti Patel, Home Office; Matthew Rycroft CBE, Home Office; Shona Dunn, Home Office
  • 7 May 2020: Sarah Burnett, Serco; Colin Dobell, Mitie; Steven Lakey, Clearsprings Ready Homes; John Taylor, Mears Group; Tim Buley QC, Landmark Chambers; Rory Dunlop QC, 39 Essex Chambers
  • 13 May 2020: Baroness Williams of Trafford, Home Office; Caroline Dinenage, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • 22 May 2020: Sarah West; Tony Smith; Karen Dee, Airport Operators Association; Professor Gabriel Scally, Bristol University; Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • 3 June 2020: Commander Karen Baxter, City of London Police; Graeme Biggar, National Economic Crime Centre; Susie Hargreaves OBE, Internet Watch Foundation; Robert Jones, National Crime Agency
  • 10 June 2020: Professor James Wilsdon, International Network for Government Science Advice; Professor Gabriel Leung, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; Professor Teo Yik-Ying, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Sir David Skegg
  • 21 October 2020: Chief Constable Pam Kelly, Gwent Police; Chief Constable Andy Rhodes, Lancashire Constabulary; Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe, National Police Chiefs' Council; Assistant Chief Constable Owen Weatherill, National Police Chiefs' Council
  • 13 January 2021: John Campbell QPM, Thames Valley Police; Carl Foulkes QPM, North Wales Police; Owen Weatherill, National Police Chiefs' Council; Lucy Moreton, The ISU; Professor John Edmunds OBE; Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith
  • 3 February 2021: Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales; Lucy Hadley, Women's Aid Federation of England; Rosie Lewis, The Angelou Centre; Dr Jill O'Leary, Helen Bamber Foundation; Theresa Schleicher, Medical Justice; Lorna Gledhill, Asylum Matters
  • 10 March 2021: Dr Hugh Heggie; KIm Geum-Chan; Susan Pearce; Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys; Lee Wook-Gyo; Ian Conduit, Sitel; Emma Gilthorpe, Heathrow; Kate Nicholls, UK Hospitality
  • 14 July 2021: Professor Adam Finn; Elizabeth Hegarty, Heathrow Airport; Professor Kelley Lee; Professor Christina Pagel