NG163 - Evidence and Document Release - No. 6 This link provides access to documentation and reports which relate to deaths in care settings. hidrive.ionos.com/share/grpg… The short video link below provides an illustration of evidence given to the Scottish COVID Inquiry.

THE HOME OFFICE ACKNOWLEDGES ITS TALLA ROLE - THEN CLOSES THE CORRESPONDENCE On 16 October 2026, the Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) confirmed in writing that its engagement with the National Police Chiefs' Council-associated (@PoliceChiefs) Operation Talla concerned: “policy alignment, information sharing and strategic coordination” That is an acknowledgement of involvement in the national pandemic policing response. It raises questions which the phrase “operational independence” cannot answer by itself. • Which policies were being aligned? • What information was shared? • Who participated in strategic coordination? • What records show where governmental involvement ended and independent policing judgment began? The Department says it is unaware of itself providing, requesting or encouraging a policy of rejecting or not recording Covid-related criminal reports. It also says its engagement should not be understood as directing decisions about particular allegations. Those qualifications matter - as does the distinction between directing an individual case and influencing the national framework within which cases are handled. My correspondence asked about both the Home Office and so far as it knew, wider Government involvement. Its answer addressed its own position without resolving the wider question. The Department then announced that it would no longer answer correspondence on the issue. It characterised further consideration as repetition, whilst acknowledging that it had no record of receiving an earlier letter containing material central to the questions raised. That warrants scrutiny. Acknowledged engagement creates a legitimate need to understand its scope. Ending correspondence leaves that requirement unanswered. • Policy alignment requires an account of the policies. • Information sharing requires an account of the exchanges. • Strategic coordination requires an account of responsibility. The correspondence establishes acknowledged involvement and a decision to end this avenue of questioning before the outstanding issues were resolved. The public is entitled to ask whether that is an adequate response to questions about the independence of its police. Rest assured - We will get to the bottom of exactly what has taken place. Read the full correspondence and assess the answers: ethicalapproach.co.uk/corres…

THE MORAL AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE CORONAVIRUS ACT 2020 An genuine emergency may explain why exceptional powers were sought. It does not settle whether reducing particular safeguards was necessary, proportionate or ethically justified. Behind the language of “easements”, “flexibility” and administrative efficiency were people whose care, liberty and protection depended upon the procedures being changed. • An assessment can identify an unmet need. • A written record can establish responsibility. • A safeguard can enable someone with little power to challenge a decision affecting their life. My new paper examines the moral and ethical questions raised by provisions concerning social care, death certification and parliamentary oversight. It distinguishes the Act from restrictions imposed under other legislation and the existence of a power from its actual use. The central question is one of accountability: Where ordinary protections were reduced, what replaced them and what evidence demonstrates that the people affected remained protected? Protective intentions deserve consideration - So do practical consequences, unequal burdens, mistakes and the ability to obtain remedy. The expiry of an emergency power cannot answer what happened while it operated. Read and download the analysis here: ethicalapproach.co.uk/ethica…