Now in Hansard, as is the whole debate. We call it scrutiny, but this Bill was 321 pages yesterday, 360 pages today and we got 6 minutes each ...
Thanks to all who sent briefings. A shame that there was not time to do them all justice - though they may be useful later.
This was our third emergency bill of the year so far – EU withdrawal, terrorist sentencing, and now #CoronavirusBill.
A bill of this length would normally have taken many months to scrutinise. Though I accept the urgency and the Bill team did great work, we cannot assure the quality when it is put through the Commons and Lords in just 3 days ...
... two of them in lockdown when the majority of our members could not attend (median age is 74!)
One good thing to come out of this may be a burning desire to get on with procedural reform. If the Supreme Court can have hearings online, so can Parliamentary committees.
How hard can it be for parly cttees to use Cisco WebEx? As in @UKSupremeCourt, proceedings are not confidential and indeed must be visible to the public. https://t.co/FCYV3lca7J
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