This letter comes ahead of a July 27 meeting of the joint parliamentary committee on Data Protection Bill that will be attended by members of both the Houses. As a counter to this, many BJP MPs have written to both Mr. Birla and Mr. Naidu opposing the idea of virtual meetings quoting confidentiality norms. Both Houses have maintained that the rules have to be amended by the Rules Committees and then approved by them. against virtual meetings of Parliamentary standing committees, citing confidentialityThe TMC also pointed out that there had been a precedent. “The joint committee on Salary and allowances, summoned two virtual meetings on 6th April 2020, 12 MPs participated in this meeting.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2020 17:26 UTC