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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:30 pm on 19 March 2020.

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Photo of Bernard Jenkin Bernard Jenkin Conservative, Harwich and North Essex 12:30, 19 March 2020

I thank my right hon. Friend for his response to Tommy Sheppard on how this House should operate. I want to connect two issues: the scrutiny of emergency powers and the need for public confidence in their exercise, and the role of Select Committees. When does he think he will be in a position to announce to the House what the arrangements for Select Committees will be? If these emergency powers are to be exercised, Select Committees can sit when the House is not sitting and provide some democratic oversight of how these powers are being exercised.