sooner, how many lives could have been saved or restrictions could've been avoided? - will he act urgently to prevent further unnecessary suffering i and death in our immediate future by holding _ a comprehensive public inquiry immediately? . matt hancock said he'd been working on the pandemic since january last year and ministers wouldn't wait for the formal inquiry to learn lessons. conservative mps were supportive. yesterday, we had some outrageous claims by an unelected spad who broke covid regulations, admittedly covid regulations, admitted he leaked stuff to the bbc, and by his own admission, wasn't fit to be in number ten downing street. mr speaker, will the secretary of state agree with me the only mistake the prime minister made in this pandemic is he didn't fire dominic cummings early enough? but opposition mps wanted an apology to bereaved families. "we sent people with covid