"One of the issues that is certain to be explored is whether the scientists were adequately consulted at key moments, including about the eat out to help out scheme, in which the public were offered a discount on restaurant bills to encourage them to eat out."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/scientists-set-to-expose-chaos-and-disagreement-in-uk-government-at-covid-inquiry