Letwin told us that, at the end of 2016, Theresa May had “revived ministerial committees as places for discussion”. Until March 2017, she chaired each committee in which she participated and highlighted the extent of her oversight. The 2017 election undermined their power and the resulting political compromise was reflected in the delegation to David Lidington, who headed more committees than the prime minister in 2018. In a later publication, May again chaired most of the 10-of-Lidington nine commissions. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, and the Chancellor of the Excherquer, Rishi Sunak, sit on most ministerial committees – the former is at 10, the latter at 13. The Prime Minister chairs the seven committees where he sits and chairs the COMMITTEES ON EU Withdrawal Operations, COVID 19 Operations and EU Policy Implementation delegated to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove. In March 2020, Boris Johnson announced the creation of four new “implementation committees”[3] in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. These four committees focused on health care, the general public sector, the economy and the economy, as well as the international response. The four committees were chaired by Health Minister Matt Hancock, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove, Chancellor of Echi Sunak and Foreign Minister Dominic Raab. Each committee chair held a daily “C-19″ meeting of the Prime Minister, important minister and senior official to discuss Covid-19. These “implementation committees” were replaced in June 2020 by two new ministerial committees related to Covid 19: “COVID 19 Strategy” and “COVID 19 Operations”. Ministers – mainly at ministerial level – but also a number of younger ministers are members of the committee.
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