Committees

Employment and COVID-19

Inquiry

The Committee will examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market and consider what urgent measures should be taken to protect and create jobs. It will also examine how the labour market may change as a result of the pandemic in the longer term. The Committee intends to make recommendations to the Government. 

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 17 November 2020
3:00pm Public
Employment and COVID-19 - Oral evidence 17 November 2020
3:00pm
  • Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP (Financial Secretary at HM Treasury)
  • Lindsey Whyte (Director of Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions at HM Treasury)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 10 November 2020
3:00pm Public
Employment and COVID-19 - Oral evidence 10 November 2020
3:00pm
  • Fabian Wallace-Stephens (Senior Researcher at Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)
  • Tera Allas CBE (Director of Research and Economics at McKinsey and Company)
4:00pm
  • Professor Diane Coyle (Co-director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at University of Cambridge)
  • Baroness Shafik (Director at London School of Economics)
  • Professor Jonathan Portes (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King's College London)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 3 November 2020
3:00pm Public
Employment and COVID-19 - Oral evidence 3 November 2020
3:00pm
  • Dr Katy Jones (Senior Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University)
  • Tracy Fishwick OBE (Managing Director at Transform Lives Company)
  • Paul Gregg CBE (Professor of Economic and Social Policy at University of Bath)
  • Laura Dewar (Policy Officer at Gingerbread)
4:00pm
  • Thomas Pope (Senior Economist at Institute for Government)
  • The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court GCB (Former Permanent Secretary (2005-2016) at HM Treasury)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 27 October 2020
3:00pm Public
Employment and COVID-19 - Oral evidence 27 October 2020
3:00pm
  • Rt Hon Andy Burnham (Mayor at Greater Manchester Combined Authority)
  • Steve Rotheram (Mayor at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority)
4:00pm
  • Mark Da Vanzo (Chief Executive at Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse)
  • Nisha Katona MBE (Founder and CEO at Mowgli Street Food)
  • Steven Hesketh (Chief Executive Officer at Savvy Hotel Group)
  • Anna Goodband (Principal and Acting Director at Liverpool School of English)
Virtual meeting

Contact us

  • Email: economicaffairs@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5358 (committee staff) | 020 7219 6640 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Economic Affairs Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW