NDP, Liberals Cut Short Debate on How Commons Should Function During Pandemic

Members of Parliament arrive to take part in a Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 6, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—New Democrats joined forces with the governing Liberals to cut short debate Tuesday over how Parliament should function in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A government motion to impose closure on the debate passed by a vote of 29-23, with the support of Liberal, NDP and Green MPs in a skeleton House of Commons.