Childhood Vaccinations Committee

13 April 2026

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Childhood Vaccinations Committee Mon, 13 Apr 2026 House of Lords

00:00 - 01:21

Speaker 1

Welcome to today's meeting. This is the sixth oral evidence session as part of the committee's inquiry into childhood vaccination rates in England. And thank you very much to Michelle Gavin, who's joining us in person today, and Huda Hajinu, who's attending online. The session is open to the public. It's broadcast, and it's subsequently accessible via the parliamentary website.

So a verbatim transcript will be taken of the evidence today, and it'll be published on the parliamentary website. A few days after today's session, our witnesses will be sent a copy of the transcript just so that you can check them for accuracy. If there's anything wrong, do please us know as soon as you can. And after the session, if there's anything you want to clarify or anything additional you wish to send us, please do. We'd be very grateful for any further information you'd like to send us.

So I'm going to start with the first question, and do introduce yourselves just before you answer. And the first question is this, could you tell us about the communities that you work with and their health care needs? And tell us what the evidence on childhood vaccinations uptake in the communities with whom you work? So could I go to you first, Michelle?

01:22 - 01:38

Speaker 2

Yes. So I'm Michelle Gavin, and I work for an organisation called Friends, Families and Travellers which is a national charity. We work across the country. My particular field in this is I work specifically around a lot of health. I'm the head of development at the organisation.

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