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Procedure under coronavirus restrictions

Inquiry

The Procedure Committee is monitoring and evaluating the use of the temporary procedures and practices agreed to by the House of Commons on 21 and 22 April. These temporary changes have been introduced in consequence of the public health restrictions on movement and association introduced to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Read an interactive summary of the key points of our Back to the future? Procedure under coronavirus restrictions report.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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8th Report - Back to the future? Procedure after coronavirus restrictions
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Fifth Special Report: Back to the future? Procedure after coronavirus restrictions: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report.
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Fifth Special Report: Back to the future? Procedure after coronavirus restrictions: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report.
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6th Report - Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: virtual participation in debate
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Fourth special report: Procedure under coronavirus restrictions: Government Responses to the Committee’s Sixth and Seventh Reports
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Chairs of the Backbench Business, Petitions and Procedure Committees to the Leader of the House, Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP concerning Westminster Hall, dated 11 February 2021
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Letter from the Chair of the Committee to the Speaker of the House of Commons concerning temporary procedural changes during COVID-19 pandemic, dated 18 December 2020
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Letter of 5 May 2020 from the Chair of the Committee to the Speaker concerning a proposed system for remote divisions
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Oral evidence transcripts

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28 June 2021
Inquiry Procedure under coronavirus restrictions
Witnesses Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (Leader at House of Commons)
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1 February 2021
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Witnesses Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (Leader of the House at House of Commons)
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27 January 2021
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Witnesses House of Commons, House of Commons, and House of Commons
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Written evidence

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House of Commons (CVR0119)
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Catherine McKinnell (Chair, Petitions Committee at House of Commons) (CVR0118)
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Mrs Maria Miller (CVR0117)
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  • Email: proccom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3351 (General enquiries) / 0207 219 0969 / CommonsPressOffice@parliament.uk (Media enquiries) / 18001 020 7219 3351 (text relay)
  • Address: Procedure Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA