Public Inquiries: Barristers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm the process by which counsel to public inquiries are selected. Answer: Under the Inquiries Rules 2006, the appointment of Counsel to the Inquiry is a matter for an inquiry’s independent chair. Baroness Hallett, the chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, has appointed Hugo Keith QC as Lead Counsel to the Inquiry. Information as to fe...