Chair invites select committee Chairs to collaborate on coronavirus scrutiny

The Chair of the Petitions Committee, Catherine McKinnell MP, has written to all House of Commons Select Committee Chairs in relation to the unprecedented number of e-petitions the Petitions Committee has received on the Coronavirus outbreak.

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/news-parliament-2017/chair-writes-to-committee-chairs-19-21/

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Friday, April 24, 2020

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Petitions Committee, Coronaviridae, Online petition, European Parliament Committee on Petitions, Coronavirus, Mark Pawsey, Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The Chair of the Petitions Committee, Catherine McKinnell MP, has written to all House of Commons Select Committee Chairs in relation to the unprecedented number of e-petitions the Petitions Committee has received on the Coronavirus outbreak.
The letter sets out how the Petitions Committee has already been supporting other Committees to conduct their own work into coronavirus, where this would benefit from the input of people who have signed e-petitions.
Mark Pawsey MP, Acting Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
All live petitions relating to COVID-19 remain open.
You can find committee correspondence and details of the Committees virtual evidence session , including a video and transcript, on the Petitions Committee website.