• On 25 March 2025, the Committee published its Report on the gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic that should be subject to further examination: UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1
• The Committee has published a Covid-19 Public Inquiry Module 1 Gap Analysis that was commissioned by Nottingham Trent University

The Senedd research service has prepared monitoring reports providing a summary of some of the key issues arising from the UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry.

On 12 July 2023, the Senedd agreed Temporary Standing Order 35 to make provisions for the operation of the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee.

Temporary Standing Order 35 included a requirement for the Co-chairs of the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee to agree and publish a protocol setting out their joint ways of working.

This committee of the Sixth Senedd ceased to exist following a motion in Plenary on 8 October 2025. Current committees can be found at https://senedd.wales/committees

The Committee was established on Tuesday 16 May 2023, in accordance with Standing Order 16.5. The Committee’s remit was to:

• consider the reports at each stage of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and in the context of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s terms of reference and timetable, propose to the Senedd by motion, any gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public bodies during the Covid-19 pandemic that should be subject to further examination.
• undertake a review into those areas identified for further examination (subject to Senedd approval)
• publish reports and make recommendations accordingly.

The Senedd agreed that in undertaking its work the Committee will not revisit the conclusions of completed Senedd Committee inquiries and should seek to avoid duplication. It also agreed that the Committee will not be prohibited from investigating matters previously examined by Senedd Committees where there is updated information and a clear benefit of further scrutiny.