Covid-19 public inquiry opens amid anger from bereaved over testimony
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from on (#64BTJ)
Chair Lady Hallett tells families upset their evidence will not be heard directly that they will be at the heart' of hearing
The bereaved will be at the heart" of the Covid-19 public inquiry, its chair, Lady Hallett, has pledged at the first public hearing in the investigation into the UK's handling of the pandemic, which the inquiry's counsel described as an unprecedented and vastly difficult undertaking".
Opening the first module to a sprawling inquiry expected to run for several years, Hallett addressed anger from some of the bereaved that their testimonies may not be heard as direct evidence, by saying: We shall ensure that those most affected, particularly the bereaved, will be properly consulted."
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