The Covid Review Observatory AHRC-funded project tracking, assessing and engaging with rights-based parliamentary review of COVID-19 responses across the UK.
University of Birmingham
Joined November 2020
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Just published #openaccess @ModernLRev: our latest paper, "Parliament, the Pandemic, and Constitutional Principle in the United Kingdom: A Study of the Coronavirus Act 2020". The work was funded by the @ahrcpress @UKRI_News covid urgency fund
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How has oversight of #government action worked over the past two years? And what are the implications for human rights?
Find out more in this #PandemicAndBeyond podcast in conversation w @DaniellaLock from the @CVROUK project 🎧
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Yesterday the @ScotParl COVID-19 Recovery Committee published its Stage 1 report on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill. Among other things it endorses many recommendations made by CVRO in written and @fdelond oral evidence. Read it here: sp-bpr-en-prod-cdnep.azureed…
New report by the Public Administration and Accounts Committee detailing Parliament's marginalisation with respect to the Coronavirus Act 2020, the Government's flagship pandemic legislation.
Our report on the #CoronavirusAct has been published.
We are calling for the Government to be proactive in preparing for future emergencies and to learn lessons from the last two years.
Read our report here: publications.parliament.uk/p…
ALT We noted the existence of the draft Pandemic Flu Bill. We believe that conducting pre-legislative scrutiny to provide an updated and improved version of previous work would considerably benefit the preparedness to respond to future emergencies.
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The #Covid19 Review Observatory (@CVROUK) records, tracks & assesses how parliaments across the UK have held #governments to account for #HumanRights protection during the #pandemic.
#PandemicAndBeyond
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Listen to our podcast with Professor Fiona De Londras (@fdelond) & Research Fellow @DaniellaLock from @unibirmingham about the work & findings of @CVROUK
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Last week @CVROUK's @fdelond spoke to the Scottish Parliament about new COVID-19 legislation. Her comments were covered by the @TheScotsman @PandemicBeyond #PandemicAndBeyond
“One of the benefits this Parliament now has is that it can make a set of legislation looking forward to potential future public health emergencies outside of the context of a public health emergency" @fdelond in @TheScotsman covering yesterday's evidence bit.ly/3tuu1Mb
“One of the benefits this Parliament now has is that it can make a set of legislation looking forward to potential future public health emergencies outside of the context of a public health emergency" @fdelond in @TheScotsman covering yesterday's evidence bit.ly/3tuu1Mb
This morning you can watch one of our team, Prof @fdelond, give evidence to the COVID-19 Recovery Committee in the Scottish Parliament on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill. Watch live from 9.30am: scottishparliament.tv
Listen to @fdelond and @DaniellaLock of the @CVROUK team speak to the Pandemic and Beyond podcast, discussing law-making and obstacles to parliamentary scrutiny during the pandemic --> anchor.fm/pandemicandbeyond/…
Join @CVROUK's @fdelond tomorrow for a discussion at @ScotPLG on legislative and judicial responses during COVID-19. Link below.
Join us this Thursday 3 February at 17:15 for our live webinar, ‘Covid-19: Legislative and Judicial Responses’. Lynda Towers will chair an expert panel of speakers comprising Professor Fiona De Londras, David Welsh & Professor Alan Miller. Sign up here-zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
The Government acted unlawfully in creating a 'VIP' lane for political connected PPE suppliers, according to High Court in ruling today
BREAKING: High Court finds Government PPE ‘VIP’ lane for politically connected suppliers ‘unlawful’ 🚨
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👇 remarks by the Scottish Secretary for Covid Recovery before the @SP_DPLR's inquiry into the Made Affirmative Procedure
The Scottish Government has just published details concerning the Scottish Public Inquiry into Covid-19. The Inquiry will be chaired by the Hon. Lady Poole, a judge of the SCs of Scotland since Jan 2020.
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The terms of reference were informed by a consultation process. The government published an analysis of the responses, which is available here:
gov.scot/binaries/content/do…
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🧵1/ Debate on #Covid regs for Plan B measures & mandatory vaccination of NHS workers is well underway in the @HouseofCommons . Debate can run to 6.30pm; MPs will be asked to approve each reg via separate motions at the end of the debate.
Just out: our new @ukcla blog on "COVID passes and the ongoing abuse of ‘urgent’ law-making" ukconstitutionallaw.org/2021…
@DawnButlerBrent presents the 'Coronavirus No 2' bill based on @libertyhq's 'Protect Everyone' bill as an alternative to the Coronavirus Act 2020
The six-month review of the Coronavirus Act 2020 has now begun. You can watch the review here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde…