150 questions the Covid inquiry wants Boris Johnson to answer

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Johnson has said he would “happily” hand over the messages directly to the inquiry but has failed to explain why he has not disclosed messages sent during the 2020 Covid lockdown. Other questions Mr Johnson has been sent by the inquiry include: Did the UK government/Cabinet Office structures and processes for dealing with emergencies at prime minister, Cabinet, Cabinet Office, ministerial and departmental levels work effectively and properly enable key decisions in relation to the response to Covid-19 to be taken? open image in gallery Boris Johnson has said he will happily hand over his WhatsApp messages and notebooks directly to the Covid inquiry What steps did you take in January 2020 to ascertain the state of the UK’s emergency preparedness to deal with a pandemic? open image in gallery Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been criticised for his actions during the pandemic Did the then Cabinet Secretary, Lord Sedwill, on March 12 2020, advise you to inform the public to hold “chickenpox parties” in order to spread infections of Covid-19?