between departments, that can become side load and my strong view was and remains that the cabinet secretariatretariat, whether a single secretariat or the individual components, should provide as much as possible of the horizontal connective tissue. so that was the thought behind that programme. we developed it in the national security committee and then i was seeking to extend... became cabinet secretary into a unified cabinet secretary at... tea directors general, deliberately designed to look like the olympic rings, to show there were overlaps because i felt it was necessary to have that connective tissue in the centre to balance the very strong vertical structures of departments of state. were those changes to the machinery of the cabinet office office introduced in january and of the cabinet office office introduced injanuary and february? we began some of them beforehand, it was an ongoing programme but certainly to the broader cabinet secretariat, it was in its very earliest stages.— secretariat, it was in its very earliest stages. secretariat, it was in its very earliest sta . es. . .

the direct responsibility really of the cabinet secretary is for the cabinet secretariat. and of the prime minister-— of cabinet and of the prime minister. . ., ., .,, minister. are two of the most important _ minister. are two of the most important functions _ minister. are two of the most important functions of - minister. are two of the most important functions of the i minister. are two of the most i important functions of the cabinet secretary to advise the prime minister on the machinery of government? how that process at the very highest level works. and secondly, to give advice on the appointment of ministers? that's correct, appointment of ministers? that's correct. mr _ appointment of ministers? that's correct, mr keith. _ appointment of ministers? that's correct, mr keith. probably i appointment of ministers? that's correct, mr keith. probably more| appointment of ministers? that's i correct, mr keith. probably more the first. the cabinet secretary would typically provide the prime minister with formal advice on machinery of government, whether different departm

chris is sure that it is because the economic secretariat in the cabinet office want _ secretariat inumber ten with a cabinet office had really— number ten with a cabinet office had really read _ number ten with a cabinet office had really read or taken time to understand the science advice. quite extraordinary. page 98 please. number— extraordinary. page 98 please. number ten pushing hard on releasing measures. _ number ten pushing hard on releasing measures, they are pushing very hard and want _ measures, they are pushing very hard and want the — measures, they are pushing very hard and want the science altered. we need _ and want the science altered. we need to— and want the science altered. we need to hold onto your hats, there will likely— need to hold onto your hats, there will likely be a second peak. page 112. will likely be a second peak. page 112~ in _ will likely be a second peak. page 112~ in the — will likely be a second peak. page 112. in the economic meeting earlier in the _ 112. in the economic meeting earlier in the day— 112. in the economic meeting earlier in the day

it is a i presentation from the cabinet secretariat, dated the 6th of march. in any way, mitigate the subsequent wave? i think— mitigate the subsequent wave? i think that — mitigate the subsequent wave? i think that is what talking about. it is. think that is what talking about. is. these think that is what talking about. if is. these were very stringent social and behavioural interventions, to prevent a major epidemic establishing, but risks a large epidemic re—establishment when lifted. putting aside the accuracy or not of the green line, that sentence is reflective, is it not, of the uncoiled spring? yes, this is a statement of fact. if you go for a suppression strategy, however long you do it, and china has developed this pretty clearly in the last year, at a certain point, you will have to release it and then the pandemic is still with you and then you have what is called an exit we come in epidemiology. if you have managed to suppress it this far, you may lose control overwinter, for epidemiological reasons, but let's say you managed to hold it for two y

of the people who responded was catherine hammond, a very senior civil servant in the cabinet contingencies secretariatse good she makes some proposals there. just moving on i wanted to ask you, apart from seeking people's views and we have also mentioned the review that you conducted, what further steps were taken to address this problem? you refer in your statement to the fact that just raising the issue helped but perhaps didn't change the fundamentals. did this problem go away or not?- this problem go away or not? know, but raising it — this problem go away or not? know, but raising it as _ this problem go away or not? know, but raising it as an _ this problem go away or not? know, but raising it as an issue _ this problem go away or not? know, but raising it as an issue and - but raising it as an issue and talking — but raising it as an issue and talking about it collectively helps peopie _ talking about it collectively helps people to feel more clear about the fact that _ people to feel more clear about the fact that it— people to feel more clear about the fact that it was ok for them individuall

cabinet office, dhsc. civil contingency secretariat, l cabinet office, dhsc. and so on. but they were not - contingency secretariat, number 10 and so on. but they were not read i contingency secretariat, number 10 i and so on. but they were not read by you? _ and so on. but they were not read by ou? , . . , ., ~' and so on. but they were not read by ou? , . . , ., 4' , you? they certainly work when they were presented _ you? they certainly work when they were presented to _ you? they certainly work when they were presented to me. _ you? they certainly work when they were presented to me. and - you? they certainly work when they were presented to me. and they . you? they certainly work when they i were presented to me. and they were reported to me by the cmo and this is my understanding of the situation at the time. flan is my understanding of the situation at the time. . , ,, is my understanding of the situation at the time-— at the time. can i press you, please. _ at the time. can i press you, please. to — at the time. can i press you, please, to help _ at th

along with intelligence, which must be to ensure, they shoved in there, financing of the secretariat of the cabinetinisters. funding for bep, and when our team tried to allocate an additional 11 billion for the armed forces for several hours, there was no servant of the people in the hall, there was no monomajority that simply left the hall, then on facebook, the facebook soldiers wrote that oh, we worked for 12 hours in a row, that's right, we have to give the floor to our colleagues from the news, because the time has come, but thank you very much for the analysis, news for the last half hour. that's right, roman, in a moment about all the most important things i will tell to your attention.

mark sweeney, who was a director—general in the cabinet office says at a, i think secretariat role beyondmaking sure the domestic, social and economic decision—making is are prepped and taken in a sensible way. so, mark sweeney appears to be saying, basically, there are a large number of extremely complex moving parts to this crisis and there has to be some way of preparing for bringing them together and enabling the decision—makers to draw the strengths together to make the best possible decisions. if we then go down to page two. we can see that mr sweeney says in the last line of that e—mail, privately, mark has called this meeting because he is concerned about a. are you mark? what was your concern about the absence of a proper mean by what these could be drawn together for these could be drawn together for the purposes of the decision—making? i was confident by that point that perhaps, almost certainly should have been earlier that cts and cobra machinery couldn't bear the weight of the whole of government effort thatis of the whole of government effort that is now required. in the fo

circumstances under which i was appointed, it was a feature of the way in which the cabinet office work that various secretariat the prime minister. ministerial, to whom should the inquiry look in terms of accountability for the state into which the cabinet office descended prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic? prior to the onset of the coronavirus andemic? ~ ., coronavirus pandemic? well, i would take two steps _ coronavirus pandemic? well, i would take two steps back. _ coronavirus pandemic? well, i would take two steps back. i _ coronavirus pandemic? well, i would take two steps back. i think - coronavirus pandemic? well, i would take two steps back. i think my - take two steps back. i think my point would be that the cabinet office, in and of itself, over many years, has operated in a way which is not as effective as it should be for the effective delivery of government policy, both business as usual and also in response to crises. in the first module, we touched on the lead department model for responding to crises, and there is much merit in that for many of the crises that government faces. an

[000:00:00;00] financing of the secretariat of the cabinet of ministers, financing of bep, and when our team tried to allocate an additional 11 billion for the armed forces for a few hours there, there was no servant of the people in the hall, there was no monomajority that simply left the halls, then on facebook, the facebook warriors wrote about , that oh, we worked for 12 hours in a row, we have to pass the floor to our colleagues from the news, there will be time, but thank you very much for the analysis of the situation and the story, dmytro razumkov, people's deputy, former chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, and iryna koval and the espresso team have prepared for you a picture of news for the last half hour. that's right, roman, i'll tell you about the most important thing in a moment. to yours. attention news release on espresso tv channel. in the studio of iryna koval. greetings to all viewers. since monday , polish transporters have postponed for three days the blockade of the movement of trucks at the checkpoints of the polish-ukrainian border. this is reported by ukri

this is not to say that they want excellent people in the cabinet, in the civil contingencies secretariatt is very dangerous for me as a chief medical officer to start doing the job of a cabinet secretary, because i'm clearly not, but what i do think we need to do, is think through, actually, how do we get this very quickly, so it is able to take the necessary steps? you could say, this is secretary for the secretary of state for health, the type cobra meetings, and in my view, this is not how it feels. and i feel this letter is a pretty clear indication of that. ijust letter is a pretty clear indication of that. i just do letter is a pretty clear indication of that. ijust do not letter is a pretty clear indication of that. i just do not think this would have been the letter under different circumstances and the way i talk about it for the... others may disagree, but i think the inquiry will want to take a look at this, but ijust want inquiry will want to take a look at this, but i just want to see this... before the break, may ask you to consider— before the break, may ask you to conside

and my main job was to support him in his role as cabinet secretary rather than head of the civil service, so i ran something called the central secretariat, so any advice on cabinet committees or the machinery of government change, which means the structures and shape of government departments, how cabinet operates, all the kind of management of cabinet meetings, cabinet committee business, i did all of that. i also was responsible for a range of other things that probably aren't significant to the inquiry. probably aren't significant to the inuui . �* ., probably aren't significant to the inuui .�* ., ., ., , ., probably aren't significant to the inuui .~ ., ., ., , ., ., inquiry. and we have already heard a fair amount — inquiry. and we have already heard a fair amount of _ inquiry. and we have already heard a fair amount of evidence _ inquiry. and we have already heard a fair amount of evidence about i inquiry. and we have already heard a fair amount of evidence about the i fair amount of evidence about the rhythm of work in the cabinet office, daily meetings with the prime minister, cabinet meetings, less frequent but still regular.