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Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020

Inquiry

The Coronavirus Act 2020 was emergency legislation passed by Parliament on 25 March, to provide the Government with the powers it wanted to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.

PACAC has launched this inquiry to scrutinise the constitutional and public administration aspects of the Act, with the goal of supporting and informing that debate.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fourth Report - Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Government’s handling of Covid-19
Inquiry Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020
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Fifth Special Report - Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Government’s handling of Covid-19: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2019–21
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Fifth Special Report - Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Government’s handling of Covid-19: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2019–21
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on renewal of provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020, dated 29.9.20
Inquiry Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020
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Letter to the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP on debate on renewal of provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020, dated 17.9.20
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Letter from the Paymaster General Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP on follow-up evidence after 14.7.20 oral evidence session, dated 21.8.20
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Oral evidence transcripts

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23 July 2020
Inquiry Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020
Witnesses Dame Una O’Brien DCB (Former Permanent Secretary for Health and Panel Member of Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry), Sir Robert Francis (Chair, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry), Lord Butler of Brockwell (Chair, Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction), Baroness Prashar (Committee member, Iran Inquiry), Emma Norris (Director of Research at Institute for Government), Dr Alastair Stark (Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Studies at University of Queensland), and Jason Beer QC
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14 July 2020
Inquiry Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020
Witnesses Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Cabinet Office, and Department of Health and Social Care
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23 June 2020
Inquiry Responding to Covid-19 and the Coronavirus Act 2020
Witnesses Michael Russell MSP, Jeremy Miles MS, and Gordon Lyons MLA
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Written evidence

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A1 (RCC0026)
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The Institute for Government (RCC0027)
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British Medical Association (BMA) (RCC0029)
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Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: pacac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3268 (general enquiries) | 07523 800011 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA