Because the Business Committee is central to the decision-making process in this situation, these special procedures also need to allow it to meet remotely if that is necessary. Select committees would continue to have an essential role in holding the Government to account, and for this reason, proposal number 5 gives the Speaker the power to put in place special arrangements for select committees to meet and conduct their business, including allowing them to meet remotely. These arrangements can be varied according to the different circumstances of each committee. For example, committees could be given the authority to meet remotely if a number of its members were in self-isolation. 