Leslie Thomas KC questions Matt Hancock at UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4

Thursday 16 January 2025

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Today, public hearings for Module 4 of the the UK Covid-19 Inquiry continued. Our Leslie Thomas KC appeared at the Inquiry to question Matt Hancock. Coverage in Sky News, Guardian, and others.

Our Leslie Thomas KC submitted questions on behalf of the Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations (FEMHO). Our Una Morris is also on the legal team, instructed by Cyrilia Knight of Saunders Law.

In his questioning, Leslie stated:

“In your witness statement…You refer to trade unions as being unconditionally against vaccinations as a condition against employment. They will have answer for their rejection of science, care, and objective fact. I’m sure you remember the quote…

“Do you remember what you said about structural racism in Module 3 and being concerned about it? Isn’t it true that all the unions were doing, in fact, were raising legitimate safety concerns, particularly from frontline healthcare workers, particularly from Black, Asian, minority ethnic groups who faced the highest workplace exposure risks?

…”But…what was being raised was representatives who were raising legitimate concerns, and your approach (the words that you used) disregarded their advocacy rather than engaging with the substance of what their concerns were?

“We are going to hear from the next witness, Professor Heidi Larson, a vaccine hesitancy expert, who dedicates a whole section of her report to the safety concerns among ethnic minority groups, which centres around long-term unknown side effects of the vaccine. So these were legitimate concerns.”

Watch Leslie below:

Leslie Thomas KC also questioned Professor Heidi Larson, an expert on vaccine hesitancy, on behalf of FEMHO.

Watch Leslie below:

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