Covid WhatsApps used for coffee orders not big decisions, says ex-health minister
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from on (#6C254)
James Bethell says he supports legal challenge against inquiry's demand for unredacted Johnson messages
Government WhatsApp groups were never used to make important decisions during Covid and instead relayed information and discussed coffee orders, a former health minister has argued.
James Bethell, a hereditary peer whose role involved the awarding of Covid contracts, said he supported the government's legal attempt to limit the amount of information handed to the official inquiry into the pandemic, as otherwise people would be asked to hand over messages that you wouldn't reasonably be happy with".
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