a position which appears to have been agreed suggest this was not an open ended debate which led to a consistent decision. there was the ability to be able to unwind or unpick a position which had already been reached. do you agree with both those propositions or neither? obviously i didn t write the e mail, and i don t know precisely what it refers to. is it possible that i might have had a chat with the prime minister once a meeting wound up on my way back somewhere, of course that s possible. he might have said to me, that was interesting, i m thinking x, as a result of it, i don t think anything is wrong with that. i don t recall, huddle or not, it might havejust that. i don t recall, huddle or not, it might have just been that. i don t recall, huddle or not, it might havejust been him giving me a sense of where his head was at that particular moment in time. and i don t think there is anything particularly untoward about that, to be honest. as i have talked previously ab
relax aches to say we were going to relax aches to say we were going to relax the rules on social distancing for, for kids, for young people, would have been a very very peculiar signal to send out at the very moment when we were trying to get, we were desperately trying to get the existing measures to work and we were on the point of toughening them up. so i think that probably explains, that probably answers the, your question. explains, that probably answers the, your question- your question. what you are saying is that matt your question. what you are saying is that matt hancock your question. what you are saying is that matt hancock was your question. what you are saying is that matt hancock was right - your question. what you are saying | is that matt hancock was right when he said. is that matt hancock was right when he said. to is that matt hancock was right when he said, to helen waitfully this exchange, that number ten doesn t want to exchange, that numb
strong relationships, institutional and personal with the devolved administrations and spent time with each of theirfirst administrations and spent time with each of their first ministers, told them i was there cabinet secretary as well. they should think of me and supporting them as well. i wanted to make sure that the devolved administrations, recognising the different districts, the more collaboration the better. the devolved administrations were invited to attend the groups. was that a writer an invitation? it would be an invitation. cabinet committees do not normally involve devolved administrations for obvious reasons. they weren t included routinely in the international one because that is entirely preserved, but they were asked to join the others. and the expectation was that they were included. it wasn tjust they were included. it wasn tjust they would be invited ad hoc, they were part of that process. that was very much the intention. find were part of that process