Constitutional implications of COVID‑19
Inquiry by the Constitution Committee, 13 May 2020 to 21 June 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 22nd Report - COVID-19 and the Courts (30 March 2021)
- 1st Report - COVID-19 and Parliament (13 May 2021)
- Government response to the Committee's report "COVID-19 and the Courts" (31 May 2021)
- 3rd Report - COVID-19 and the use and scrutiny of emergency powers (10 June 2021)
- Government response to the Committee's report on COVID-19 and the use and scrutiny of emergency powers (16 September 2021)
Evidence sessions
- : Lord Judge, Crossbenchers; Baroness Walmsley, Liberal Democrats
- 13 May 2020: Lord Burnett of Maldon, Judiciary of England and Wales
- 3 June 2020: Professor Richard Susskind OBE, Society for Computers and Law; Professor Dame Hazel Genn, University College London
- 10 June 2020: Natalie Byrom, Legal Education Foundation
- 24 June 2020: Dr Hannah White, Institute for Government; Sir David Natzler, House of Commons; Professor Meg Russell, Constitution Unit
- 1 July 2020: James Sandbach, Law Works; Carol Storer OBE, Legal Action Group; Cris McCurley, Ben Hoare Bell LLP
- 9 July 2020: Simon Davis, Law Society; Caroline Goodwin QC, Criminal Bar Association; Derek Sweeting QC, The Bar Council
- 15 July 2020: Lord McFall of Alcluith
- 17 July 2020: Lord Harris of Haringey, Labour Peers; Lord Hunt of Wirral, Association of Conservative Peers
- 22 July 2020: Susan Acland-Hood, HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Robert Buckland, Ministry of Justice
- 24 July 2020: Baroness Smith of Basildon, House of Lords; Lord Newby, Liberal Democrat Peers
- 29 July 2020: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, House of Lords; Lord Ashton of Hyde, House of Lords
- 25 November 2020: Professor Alison Young, University of Cambridge; Dr Joe Tomlinson, Public Law Project; Dr Joe Tomlinson, University of York; Dr Joelle Grogan, Middlesex University
- 25 November 2020: Kirsty Brimelow QC, Doughty Street Chambers; Lord Sandhurst QC, One Crown Office Row; Tom Hickman QC, Blackstone Chambers
- 25 November 2020: Dr Ruth Fox, Hansard Society; Raphael Hogarth, Institute for Government; David Allen Green, Financial Times
- 2 December 2020: Baroness Hale of Richmond, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom; Lord Sumption, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- 9 December 2020: John Apter, Police Federation; Paddy Tipping, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
- 9 December 2020: Councillor James Jamieson, Local Government Association; Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- 16 December 2020: Professor Aileen McHarg, Durham University; Professor Daniel Wincott, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics; Akash Paun, Institute for Government
- 13 January 2021: Lord True; Lord Bethell