advice and it appears from the list of expertise that the secretary of state provided to the commons science committee or us or patrick vallance provided to the commons science committee give a long list of expertise but not public health and this is if it is anything is a public health crisis right ok but despite that if all this is done in the open can impact on the quality of the advice given that it can't be given. openly and transparently that some of this really has to be done behind closed doors i think there is sometimes when discussions have to take place between the advisors but if there are competing issues that they need to sort out they should certainly be able to do that but as we know this committee is not a met behind closed doors it's got 2 of the dining straight political operatives have been attending and it has a wide range of people from other government dejan says on the death toll we are going to shift from hospitals towards care homes where the situation of course can only get worse and how do you see this now unfolding oh it's a terrible tragedy and so many lives are being los

the secretary of state provided to the commons science committee or balance provided to the commons science committee give a long list of expertise but not public health and this is if it is anything is a public health crisis right ok but despite that if all this is done in the open can impact on the quality of the advice given it and it can't be given. openly and transparently that some of this really has to be done behind closed doors i think there are some times when discussions have to take place between the advisors but if there are competing issues that they need to sort out they should certainly be able to do that but as we know this committee is not a met behind closed doors it's got 2 of the dining straight political operators have been attending and it has a wide range of people from other government dejan season from the civil service so there are already a lot of interests in there and i can't imagine. that that is really the right way to be producing advice even if they advisors work from the right scientific backgrounds which some high i dart on the death toll we are going to

sir paul made his remarks in evidence to the house of commons science committee. 0ur health editor hughrnment's performance in meeting its testing target. the planes are grounded, but there is activity at gatwick airport, as part of the response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park's being used as a drive—through testing centre for nhs staff. others have been set up to allow health workers to come out of self isolation and back to work if they test negative. the government's working with academic and business laboratories to boost testing for patients and nhs staff, but the new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month looks ambitious. we all have to work together to try and achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laboratories, including this one at milton keynes, have been set up to process tests on nhs workers, and the official leading the programme told a commons committee they would significantly boost capacity. we are at the stage now where those labs have been through their setup phase, the testing phase, and they

sir paul made his remarks in evidence to the house of commons science committee. 0ur health editor, hughnes may be grounded, but there is some activity at gatwick airport as part of a response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park is being used as a drive—through testing center for nhs stop. other sites like the 02 in southeast london are already in operation as health workers wanting to come out of self—isolation get tested to see if they are cleared to get back to work. another in surrey still seemed very quiet. after repeated criticism over low levels of testing, the government last week called on academic and business laboratories to help a national effort to help boost capacity, with a highly ambitious new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month. we all have to work together to try to achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laboratories, including this one here at milton keynes, have been set up to process tests on nhs workers. the official leading the programme told a commons committee they would significantly boos

sir paul made his remarks in evidence to the house of commons science committee. 0ur health editor hughance — in meeting its testing target. the planes may be grounded, but there is some activity at gatwick airport as part of a response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park is being used as a drive—through testing center for nhs stop. other sites like the 02 in southeast london are already in operation as health workers wanting to come out of self—isolation get tested to see if they are cleared to get back to work. another in surrey still seemed very quiet. after repeated criticism over low levels of testing, the government last week called on academic and business laboratories to help a national effort to help boost capacity, with a highly ambitious new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month. we all have to work together to try to achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laboratories, including this one here at milton keynes, have been set up to process tests on nhs workers. the official leading the programme told a co

commons. the science and technology committee is sitting.the chief medical advisor to the government, professor chris whitty will be giving evidence this. this is doctor michael mcbride who is just this is doctor michael mcbride who isjust addressing the this is doctor michael mcbride who is just addressing the committee right now. let's listen and adhere some of this. and, you know, that has stood the test of time. i suppose i am probably the last survivor from the last pandemic the h1n1 and it was certainly very telling that during that time that the support, the sharing of detailed information, modelling, scientific papers, clinical advice and guidance the respective work we were doing in each jurisdiction the respective work we were doing in eachjurisdiction and the respective work we were doing in each jurisdiction and shading that as soon as it became available. as gregor said, and engagement, the regular engagement three times a week, with the chief medical officer and our chief nursing 0fficer week, with the chief medical officer and