{"id":53869,"date":"2021-02-10T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=53869"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:36:26","slug":"life-beyond-covid-submission-to-the-house-of-lords-covid-19-select-committee","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/life-beyond-covid-submission-to-the-house-of-lords-covid-19-select-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Life beyond COVID\u2019 \u2013 Submission to the House of Lords COVID-19 Select Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>This written evidence was submitted in August 2020 to the COVID-19 Lords Select Committee Inquiry. The <a class=\"link link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/460\/covid19-committee\/publications\/written-evidence\/?page=13\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">evidence was published&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a> on 18 September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The COVID-19 Lords Select Committee was set up to consider &ldquo;the long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic and social wellbeing of the United Kingdom&rdquo;. 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