Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 30 September 2020, Official Report, column 392, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of and (b) adequacy of time available for parliamentary scrutiny of (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation on restrictions during the covid-19 outbreak.

This Government has provided regular updates to the House of Commons on a wide range of matters related to COVID-19 and will continue to do so. There is nothing further to add to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s announcement to the House of Commons of 30 September, Official Report, column 388.