as far as people in the cabinet office and dhse are new, plan a was in place and matt hancock said one have got to stick to the plan, and quote, so when patrick and i wielded whiteboard and said we have to go down a different route on the sunday evening i was told after that that patrick vallance was reprimanded by various people and there was a very angry reaction in the cabinet office. in angry reaction in the cabinet office. . ., office. in particular it was he reprimanded _ office. in particular it was he reprimanded by _ office. in particular it was he reprimanded by the - office. in particular it was he i reprimanded by the permanent secretary of the dhse for having, as the permanent secretary appear to think, promoted, advocated, a change in direction without the permanent secretary's knowledge? that in direction without the permanent secretary's knowledge?— secretary's knowledge? that is my understanding _ secretary's knowledge? that is my understanding and _ secretary's knowledge? that is my understanding and you _ secretary's knowledge? that is my understanding and you can -

i literally did. _ dhse, number ten, so on. ? i literally did. i— dhse, numberten, so on.actual, very deep technical experts who could explore what sage was saying and give the prime minister advice on what was coming from sage, how to interpret it, potential problems with the advice that was coming from sage, et cetera, and that team did thejob. excuse me, that was data within downing street. you setup a data system or a ten downing st data system. what changes did you advocate or propose in relation to the constitution of sage and the means by which it informed government of its advice? the main thin thati government of its advice? the main thing that i personally _ government of its advice? the main thing that i personally did _ government of its advice? the main thing that i personally did was i government of its advice? the main thing that i personally did was to i thing that i personally did was to institute the ten ds data science team because that was the appropriate kind of thing that number ten needed to interpret the scientific and technical questions with skill

on the 23rd of february the dhse reported 13 cases in the united kingdom.ment, declined notably between the 14th of february and the 24th of february, which coincidentally is half term. why was that? i coincidentally is half term. why was that? 4' ., , ., ., that? i think it was a combination of, as i that? i think it was a combination of. as i said _ that? i think it was a combination of, as i said earlier, _ that? i think it was a combination of, as i said earlier, the - that? i think it was a combination of, as i said earlier, the general. of, as i said earlier, the general perception of the senior people handling this in the cabinet office at the time, it was if this proved to be a big problem, and it still was and if, then it was seen as really quite additional problem and was not seen as an emergency crisis. secondly, as you remarked, i did not go on holiday but many of the senior people were on holiday during that time, including the pm.— people were on holiday during that time, including the pm. there is no cover between _ time, including the pm. th