COVID-19 The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) moved that a Select Committee be appointed to consider the long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic and social wellbeing of the United Kingdom; and that the following members be appointed to the Committee:

Alderdice, L.
Benjamin, B.
Chisholm of Owlpen, B.
Duncan of Springbank, L.
Elder, L.
Hain, L.

Harris of Haringey, L.
Jay of Paddington, B.
Lane-Fox of Soho, B. (Chair)
Morgan of Cotes, B.
Pickles, L.
Young of Hornsey, B.

That the Committee have power to co-opt any member to serve on the Committee;
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records;
That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;
That the Committee have power to meet outside Westminster;
That the Committee have leave to report from time to time;
That the reports of the Committee be printed, regardless of any adjournment of the House;
That the evidence taken by the Committee in the last session of Parliament be referred to the Committee;
That the evidence taken by the Committee be published, if the Committee so wishes.
The motion was agreed to en bloc.

Thursday 13 May 2021 at 12:23

This type of business sits within the Appointment of Ad Hoc Committee category, which itself sits under the Motions of Appointment category.