Oral QuestionCabinet Office

If he will take steps to consult bereaved families on the public inquiry into the Government's response to the covid-19 pandemic.

Tabled: 16 September 2021Answered: 23 September 2021

Asked by

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Answer from Hansard

Lisa Nandy

I thank my hon. Friend for that kind invitation. The Minister with responsibility for young people, my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley South (Stephanie Peacock), would be delighted to go, if she can make that work with her existing commitments. I share my hon. Friend’s view that we, as a Government, are not just interested in young people having a voice; we also want them to have real power to be in the driving seat of their own lives. That is why we have invited young people to co-produce the national youth strategy with us, and I am delighted that we have already made good on our promise of the biggest conversation with this generation that has ever taken place.