Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)
The Government's response to covid-19: human rights implications of long lockdown
Status: Closed
Opened: 30 Nov 2020
Closed: 6 May 2022
1 report
This inquiry will examine the impact of lockdown restrictions on human rights and whether those measures only interfere with human rights to the extent that is necessary and proportionate. In particular, we are interested in the impact of long lockdown on certain communities. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry .
Reports
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifteenth Report - Care homes: Visiting restrictions during… | — | 5 May 2021 | 0 | Responded |
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2021 | Dr Éamonn O'Moore · Public Health England, Helen Whately MP, Minister of State (Minister for Care), Department of Health and Social Care · Department of Health and Social Care, Kate Terroni · Care Quality Commission, Peter Wyman CBE, DL · Care Quality Commission | View ↗ |
| 14 Apr 2021 | Jenny Morrison · Rights for Residents, Professor Martin Green · Care England, Zac Taylor · Mencap | View ↗ |
| 24 Feb 2021 | Ben-Julian Harrington · Essex Police, Gracie Bradley · Liberty, John Apter · Police Federation of England and Wales, Kirsty Brimelow QC · Doughty Street Chambers, Lochlinn Parker · ITN Solicitors, Owen Weatherill · National Police Coordination Centre | View ↗ |
| 13 Jan 2021 | Alexis Quinn · Rightful Lives, Alison, mother of young person detained in an Assessment and Treatment Unit, Helen Wildbore · Relatives and Residents Association, John, husband of a care home resident, Matt Clifton · bemix, Sara Burrows · Children Heard and Seen | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2021 | From cttee | Letter to Michelle Donelan MP, Minister for Universities, regarding the return … |
| 22 Apr 2021 | To cttee | Letter from Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Chairwoman, Equality and Human Rights Com… |
| 23 Mar 2021 | To cttee | Response from Peter Wyman CBE DL, Chair, Care Quality Commission, regarding gui… |
| 18 Mar 2021 | From cttee | Letter to Peter Wyman CBE DL, Chair, Care Quality Commission, regarding guidanc… |
| 24 Feb 2021 | To cttee | Response from Helen Whately MP, Minister of State for Care, regarding visiting … |
| 3 Feb 2021 | — | Letter (and draft SI) to Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health … |
| 3 Feb 2021 | From cttee | Letter to Lucy Frazer MP, Minister of State for Justice, regarding mothers in p… |