Lords COVID-19 Committee: Life beyond COVID

@Ofcom In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, from 4.15pm, members debate @HLCOVID19Com’s report ‘Beyond digital: planning for a hybrid world’. ️➡️ Learn more and watch online at the link in our bio

We have today published our #LivingInACovidWorld report – Living in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing. Read it here and let us know what you think - publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5802/ldse…

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our work over the last 18 months or so, tomorrow we publish our Legacy report – Living in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing - and look forward to hearing what you think of it.

Throughout its work, the COVID-19 Committee has: Asked 300 questions to 83 witnesses; and Received 540 pieces of written evidence.

Our report advocates for increased power and resources for local authority leaders, a blended approach to regeneration in our towns and cities, and putting tackling inequalities at the heart of the regeneration agenda - committees.parliament.uk/publications/8…

Our #TownsAndCities inquiry explored the long-term impact of the pandemic on large towns and smaller cities, concentrating particularly on housing and green spaces, the changing nature of employment, public transport, and the resulting impact on inequality.

Finally, we recap our last substantive piece of work – our #TownsAndCities inquiry - committees.parliament.uk/work/1229/the-…

Our letter to the Children and Families Minister, highlighted the lack of attention and resources being given to support infants and pre-school children to recover from the pandemic’s effects - committees.parliament.uk/publications/6…

Our #ParentsAndFamilies inquiry concentrated on the impact of school closures, reduced opportunities for social and leisure activities outside the home, home working and furlough on families.

Next we look back at our short inquiry, exploring the long-term impact of the pandemic on parents and families - committees.parliament.uk/work/1121/the-…

Our report makes recommendations to maximise the opportunities, and mitigate the risks, of the hybrid world: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…

Our #BeyondDigital inquiry explored how our increasing reliance on digital technology – exacerbated by the pandemic – would have a long-term impact on our wellbeing, particularly our physical health, mental health, social interaction and working life.

We continue our recap of the work undertaken by the Committee, with the Committee’s first substantive inquiry - #BeyondDigital - committees.parliament.uk/work/742/livin…

Eight broad themes emerged from the Committee’s initial work: Inequality and poverty Digital technology Children and young people Work and employment Mental health and wellbeing The environment The built environment and green spaces Healthcare and social care.

The Committee began by asking people for their views on the post-pandemic world – the challenges to overcome and the opportunities to do things better. Here is our Chair explaining how people could get involved - youtube.com/watch?v=PmLedI…

Ahead of our report launch, we are going to look back at some of the Committee’s work, over the last 18 months or so.

The Committee received: Over 500 pieces of written evidence. Oral evidence from over 80 witnesses. Views from hundreds of researchers. Opinions from thousands of people through social media. This has informed the recommendations in our #LivingInACovidWorld report.

Our #LivingInACovidWorld report will be published on Wednesday, 16 March. This report looks back over all the Committee’s work, since it was established in May 2020.

We have today published the #LordsTownsAndCities report – Towns and Cities: Local Power is the Path to Recovery. Read it here and let us know what you think - publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5802/ldse…

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our #TownsAndCities inquiry. Tomorrow, we publish our report and we look forward to hearing what you think of the #LordsTownsAndCities report, so please tweet us with the report hashtag.