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First Special Report - Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On: Government response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2021–22

Published 18 May 2022

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The government's response

This document responds to Seventh Report - Coronavirus Act 2020 Two Years On.

This is the government's response, published 18 May 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's report and says it continues to review the legal framework and lessons learned from COVID-19, with several matters left to the independent UK COVID-19 Inquiry.

  • On sunset clauses, the government "agrees that sunset clauses, including their length, should be considered carefully and explained to Parliament".
  • On amending provisions after Royal Assent, the government notes the Committee's view and says it is "standard legislative process that Parliament is not able to amend primary legislation once an Act has gained Royal Assent".
  • On reviewing individual provisions, the government says it "is still to be determined whether any additional centrally-coordinated review will take place" beyond the independent inquiry. Inquiry timing is a matter for its independent Chair.
  • On two-monthly reports, the government says it "will continue to publish" them, with detail "proportional to the provisions which remain in force".

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