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From: gavin roberts <[FOI #1128763 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 5:12 AM
To: FOI Commons <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Data surrounding the claim of
6.5m lives saved from Astra Zenica

 

Dear House of Commons,

Recently in the House of Commons ( I believe 8th May)the Right Honourable
Penny Mordaunt MP & Leader of the House of Commons replied to Questions
put to her by the Right Honourable Andrew Bridgen MP.

In her reply to him, she stated that 6.5 million lives had been saved by
the Astra Zenica covid vaccines.
I request the data surrounding these claims. Who made the claims and how
they came to their conclusion on which the government has been relying.

I also request the same information in reference to the moderna & pfizer
covid vaccines. As similar claims have been made in the House of Commons
that these also saved millions of lives. Who made the claims & how did
they come to these conclusions? Their workings out please. As obviously
the government would not have just taken peoples words for
claims?Ministers would have wanted to see the clear & strong evidence
before repeatedly putting it out to the Nation?

Regards,

Mr Gavin Roberts.

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Dear Gavin Roberts,

 

 

Freedom of Information Request F24-266

 

Thank you for your request for information as copied below. You asked the
House of Commons two questions regarding a reply by the Leader of the
House of Commons Penny Mordaunt MP to a question in the Chamber about the
Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine.

 

 1. The data surrounding these claims. Who made the claims and how they
came to their conclusion on which the government has been relying.

and

 2. [The] same information in reference to the moderna & pfizer covid
vaccine…as similar claims have been made in the House of Commons that
these also saved millions of lives. Who made the claims & how did they
come to these conclusions?

 

This information is not held by the House of Commons.

 

Please understand that Members of Parliament are not employees of the
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refer to facts and statistics in course of parliamentary proceedings
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information from a wide variety of sources. Members may employ staff to
research policy, write speeches and provide background information for a
Member’s work. Ministers often rely on research and policy work undertaken
by dedicated ministerial staff in relevant Government Departments. None of
that information is held by the House of Commons.

 

You may therefore wish to ask Penny Mordaunt directly for the information
you seek; Members’ contact details can be found on our webpages at:
[1]https://members.parliament.uk/members/co... However, as Members of
Parliament are not public authorities for the purposes of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, they are not obliged to respond to requests made
under the Act.

 

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know if any of the Commons’ Library Research Briefings were used in Penny
Mordaunt’s speech.

 

 

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From: gavin roberts <[10][FOI #1128763 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 5:12 AM
To: FOI Commons <[11][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Data surrounding the claim of
6.5m lives saved from Astra Zenica

 

Dear House of Commons,

Recently in the House of Commons ( I believe 8th May)the Right Honourable
Penny Mordaunt MP & Leader of the House of Commons replied to Questions
put to her by the Right Honourable Andrew Bridgen MP.

In her reply to him, she stated that 6.5 million lives had been saved by
the Astra Zenica covid vaccines.
I request the data surrounding these claims. Who made the claims and how
they came to their conclusion on which the government has been relying.

I also request the same information in reference to the moderna & pfizer
covid vaccines. As similar claims have been made in the House of Commons
that these also saved millions of lives. Who made the claims & how did
they come to these conclusions? Their workings out please. As obviously
the government would not have just taken peoples words for
claims?Ministers would have wanted to see the clear & strong evidence
before repeatedly putting it out to the Nation?

Regards,

Mr Gavin Roberts.

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