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<p>Since the 21 April the House of Lords has conducted virtual sittings of the House,
and the broadcasting unit have been developing the necessary infrastructure to enable
high quality live broadcast of these proceedings. In the interim period, all virtual
sittings were made available online as video or audio files as soon as possible after
the proceedings concluded. The Hansard record of proceedings for each virtual sitting
has also been made available online from approximately three hours after each sitting.
On Tuesday 28 April and Thursday 30 April the virtual sittings of the House were broadcast
live on parliamentlive.tv.</p><p>As of this week, the House of Lords has begun to
use the same system as the House of Commons to enable high-quality live broadcast
output via parliamentlive.tv. As well as virtual sittings of the House, House of Lords
committees have been continuing to meet remotely, and last week the first virtual
evidence sessions with witnesses were broadcast live on parliamentlive.tv. Throughout
this period the House Administration has used social media channels to promote democratic
engagement and publicise the channels through which members of the public can continue
to follow virtual House of Lords proceedings.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><p> </p>
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