This webinar is the second of two webinars for Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth on the theme of COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments. The webinar features Speakers from across the Commonwealth discussing the nature of Parliaments as independent institutions and the impact that COVID-19 has had on their ability to conduct basic and essential legislative, oversight and representatives function. Panellists discussed solutions to ensure Parliaments remain robust and effective institutions. The panellists for this webinar were:

Hon. Anthony Rota, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
Hon. Bridgid Annisette-George, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Rt Hon. Dame Eleanor Laing, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Hon. Nontembeko 'Ntobeko' Boyce, Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
Matthew Salik, Head of Parliamentary Development at the CPA Headquarters Secretariat

The webinar was moderated by James Pinnell, Programmes Manager, CPA and closing remarks were given by Stephen Twigg, Secretary-General, CPA.

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