Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 August 2020 to Question 71084, whether the independent panel on aerosol generating procedures has (a) been established, and (b) held a meeting.

An Independent High-Risk Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP) Panel has been set up to provide scientific advice to the Chief Medical Officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The panel will assess the evidence on AGPs, taking into account the potential route of transmission, and recommend the appropriate classification.

The panel has been meeting fortnightly since the end of July.