the pandemic, for the simple reason that he was prime minister at the time. we are not hearing our correspondent. we will get some sound and we will come back to him shortly. just to be clear, the first week of the inquiry primarily focused on what the plans were in the event of a pandemic, and what the event of a pandemic, and what the balance was also between the advice from the advisers are advising the government at the time, and what emphasis was placed on what particular part of advice. the uk government was very keen to emphasise at the time that it was science led. this is david cameron, the former prime minister arriving at the inquiry. as we have said, he is going to be talking about the preparedness of the national health
yes. name david william donald cameron? yes you name david william donald cameron? yes. you were leader of the conservative party and leader of the opposition conservative party and leader of the opposition from 2005 until 2010, when opposition from 2005 until 2010, when you opposition from 2005 until 2010, when you became prime minister of the united when you became prime minister of the united kingdom, leading a coalition the united kingdom, leading a coalition government with the liberat coalition government with the liberal democrats with nick clegg as a deputy liberal democrats with nick clegg as a deputy prime minister, and george osborne a deputy prime minister, and george osborne as a deputy prime minister, and george osborne as your chancellor. yes. to put that osborne as your chancellor. yes. to put that in osborne as your chancellor. yes. to put that in context, you became prime put that in context, you became prime minister in the wake of the 2008 prime
the leader gives an outline of what the leader of the opposition has been saying about labour s plans for green energy, should they win the election next year. the former prime minister david cameron is set to give evidence shortly at the covid 19 public inquiry. it s the second week in the first phase of this inquiry, which is scrutinizing the uk s preparedness for a pandemic before covid hit in 2020, and looking at the government s decision making in response to the outbreak. a number of high level politicians and health officials are set to make an appearance this week for the inquiry. among them, we will hear from david cameron, the former prime minister. let s go live now to our health reporter, jim reed at the inquiry. david cameron is going to talk about the capabilities of the national health service prior to the onset of
service badly exposed when covid 19 hit. we are expecting to see david cameron answer some of those criticisms today. he is likely to make the point as he has done in the past that was no choice but to make some of these decisions in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008. and also in the past he has made the point that day to day nhs budgets were protected through that time. but it is one criticism, one line of questioning that he is likely to be asked today. a second line is also interesting, because in 2015 david cameron gave evidence to the g7 group of nations. i think we will now hear from david cameron. we are indeed, david cameron has just sat down in the inquiry. may i ask you to keep your voice up and speak may i ask you to keep your voice up and speak into the microphone so that the and speak into the microphone so that the stenographer can hear you for the that the stenographer can hear you for the transcript. is your full name for the transcript. is your full
main infections. globally there are three main areas infections. globally there are three main areas of concern, the ongoing threat main areas of concern, the ongoing threat of main areas of concern, the ongoing threat of mers in eastern asia, avian threat of mers in eastern asia, avian influenza in egypt and the epidemic avian influenza in egypt and the epidemic of ebola virus disease in west epidemic of ebola virus disease in west africa. we can take that down and can west africa. we can take that down and can we west africa. we can take that down and can we go to the letter you made mention and can we go to the letter you made mention of. and can we go to the letter you made mention of, mr cameron, this was a letter mention of, mr cameron, this was a letter sent mention of, mr cameron, this was a letter sent to mention of, mr cameron, this was a letter sent to you by oliver letwin the following year. can see it is dated the following year. can see it is dated t