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The Bunker

Probing the Pandemic: LAYLA MORAN on MPs’ independent COVID inquiry

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Britain can’t wait for the Government’s Public Inquiry into COVID. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus is seizing the initiative and examining every aspect of the crisis. Its chair, Lib Dem MP and leadership candidate LAYLA MORAN, explains to Naomi Smith how MPs are outpacing the government in understanding the virus, why mental health is the neglected aspect of COVID, and how we can prepare for a second wave. “I’d love Boris Johnson to come before us and answer our questions. I very much doubt that he will.” “There are some things more important than the Lib Dem leadership contest, would you believe…” Presented by Naomi Smith. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Now, despite facing the first truly global pandemic for generations, the worst recession for possibly 300 years,

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and the prospect of us having zero free trade agreements with any other country in just five months time,

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Parliament has decided to furlow itself into recess

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for a couple of months and many MPs have gone off to Sunnier Climes on their summer hollybobs.

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But not all.

1:52.0

Taking it rather more seriously is a group of MPs and peers who make up the all party parliamentary group on coronavirus.

1:58.0

Concerned by the lack of government planning to misigate a second wave of the virus and the accompanying lockdown 2.0 it would bring,

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