14 October 2024
INAUGURAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
Pandemic Response and Recovery
Monday 14 October 2024, 5.30pm, Room M
In attendance: Rt Hon Esther McVey MP, Graham Stringer MP, Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, Rt Hon Sammy Wilson MP, Sir Christopher Chope MP, Lord Leicester, Lord Robathan, Baroness Foster of Oxton, Lord Reay.
Apologies: Yasmin Qureshi MP, Danny Kruger MP, Rupert Lowe MP, Baroness Morrissey, Lord Ashcombe, Lord Frost, Baroness Fox of Buckley, Lord Strathcarron, Lord Alton of Liverpool, Lord Brady of Altrincham, Lord Lilley, Lord Ashcombe.
1. Introduction and welcome from Rt Hon Esther McVey MP.
2. The Group’s objective was agreed: To provide a forum for open debate on pandemic management, to prevent avoidable suffering and loss in the future and ensure public health measures are proportional to the risk. To scrutinise the safety and regulatory approval of Covid-19 vaccines and review financial arrangements for anyone harmed or bereaved by them.
3. Election of the Chair: the Group elected The Rt Hon Esther McVey MP.
4. Election of the Co-Chair: the Group elected Graham Stringer MP.
5. Election of two Vice-Chairs: the Group elected The Rt Hon Sammy Wilson MP and Sir Christopher Chope MP.
6. Following discussion of topics the Group might focus on in this Parliamentary session, the Chair thanked all those who attended and brought the meeting to a close.
7. Date of next meeting: 11 November 2024.