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The Epidemic Response Committee was a select committee of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was established on 25 March 2020 during the 52nd Parliament in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[1] Its purpose was to hold the government to account with regards to its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The committee was chaired by Simon Bridges, the then Leader of the Opposition.[2] Michael Woodhouse, the Opposition Health spokesperson, was designated as deputy chair on 5 May 2020.[3] On 26 May 2020 the committee was disbanded by a motion passed by the 52nd Parliament with leader of the House Chris Hipkins stating the committee was no longer needed as New Zealand had moved to Covid-19 alert level 2, and parliament could function largely as it did pre lockdown.[4]

The committee had eleven members. Permanent members of the committee were Bridges as chairperson and David Seymour as leader of ACT New Zealand. Other members are made up from the various parties represented in parliament; four National Party members in addition to Bridges, three members from the Labour Party, and one member each from the Green Party and New Zealand First.[2] The committee met via Zoom.[5]

The membership of the committee was as follows:[6]

Key

  National   Labour   Green   NZ First   ACT

Name Portrait Electorate
style=background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color | Simon Bridges Tauranga
style=background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color | Kiri Allan List
style=background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color | Paula Bennett Upper Harbour
style=background:Template:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand/meta/color | Marama Davidson List
style=background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color | Ruth Dyson Port Hills
style=background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color | Paul Goldsmith List
style=background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color | Shane Reti Whangarei
style=background:Template:ACT New Zealand/meta/color | David Seymour Epsom
style=background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color | Fletcher Tabuteau List
style=background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color | Michael Wood Mount Roskill
style=background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color | Michael Woodhouse List

References

  1. ^ "Epidemic Response". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Watch as Epidemic Response Committee hears from Civil Defence and police". Newshub. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Michael Woodhouse". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Parliament returns to a safe normal". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Zoom. A national security threat?". Radio New Zealand. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Epidemic Response". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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