Green Health & Wellness Covid inquiry: Earlier lockdown could have kept schools open, says Matt Hancock – GWC Mag gwcmagDecember 1, 2023030 views Speaking to the inquiry counsel, Hugo Keith KC, Mr Hancock rejected suggestions that there was a trade-off between health and economic considerations, saying: “If we don’t lock down there will be more deaths and we will have to have a tougher lockdown in the future.”