as has been widely reported in the media, an issue has arisen between the inquiry and the cabinet office as to who decides what is relevant or potentially relevant. i issued a notice under section 21 of the inquiries act 2005, making it clear that in my view it is for the inquiry chaired to decide what is relevant or potentially relevant. the cabinet office disagrees, claiming they are not obliged to disclose what they consider to be unambiguously irrelevant material. they invited me to withdraw the section 21 notice. i declined. they are now challenging my decision to withdraw the notice, or declined to withdraw the notice, or declined to withdraw the notice, in the high court by way ofjudicial review. with litigation pending and as a decision maker i can make no further
comment. let s discuss this further with damian grammaticus damian grammaticus. what exactly was baroness hallett saying there? if you cut through all the legal terminology, what she was talking about was this political issue that has arisen at the outset of this inquiry and the issue boils down to the information she has asked for from the government, who has the right to go through that with the big black pen and say they should not be seen, this isn t relevant. is that the government before provided to her or is it her? and that material then is shown to the inquiry. who has the decision making power over what really is
who is right in this case. that is where the situation sits now. we did get some more detail following where the situation sits now. we did get some more detailfollowing her comments about some of those arguments that have been going on. thank you for that context. we will have more from damien and the team covering the coronavirus inquiry here on bbc news. children s doctors are calling for disposable e cigarettes to be banned to protect young people, with the royal college of paediatrics and child health warning that youth vaping is fast becoming an epidemic. it says that children are disproportionately attracted to vapes. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. disposable vapes in an array of flavours including watermelon, cherry cola and spearmint. in the past few years, their popularity among children has risen sharply, despite it being illegal to sell them to under 18s.
scrutinised by the inquiry as it will unfold over the next month s and even years? it is really important argument on the basis on which this inquiry is going to work. when it was set up a trust set up on the basis that she could request any information that she wanted and it had to be handed over. what the government has been arguing in the last few days is that, no, when you are looking at things like whatsapp messages sent between borisjohnson and other ministers and advisers that there are some things in there would be to the inquiry and perhaps come don t know, personal discussions on things like that, and they should be able to go through that with a big black pen, scrub out things before they hand over their messages. she rejected that argument and said no, you need to hand that argument and said no, you need to handed over. they are taken back to court, to the high court to find out
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