And the most challenging aspect of that question for a Coordination Commission panel chaired by CGF vice-president Bruce Robertson of Canada will concern the Queen’s Baton Relay, which is currently due to get underway from Buckingham Palace in October.

The biggest question involved in this area will be the likely local conditions regarding the pandemic for an operation that is due to encompass countries such as India and Canada.

The same question also hovers over the Games, and a key part of what Robertson and his fellow remote viewers will be seeking from the Organising Committee is a detailed explanation of how Birmingham 2022 can go ahead according to the highest, pre-pandemic ambitions.

The Organising Committee will also be presenting a range of other options, based on modelling different COVID-19 scenarios, so as well as Plan A - which the Organising Committee is thought to be increasingly confident about delivering - there will also be, for instance, a Plan B based on 50 per cent spectator levels, taking in all that might entail in terms of ticketing revenue.

This will be the sixth of a planned eight reviews by the Coordination Commission, which is responsible for delivery oversight of the Commonwealth Games and tasked with monitoring the event to ensure it is delivered to scope, schedule and budget.

There will be a regular update given on the state of play with some of the Games' major projects, such as the £72 million ($102 million/€83 million) improvements of the centrepiece Alexander Stadium, which are thought to be ahead of schedule.

Other projects for updating include the £37m ($52 million/€43 million) new build of the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, which was thought to be dipping below the waterline at one point but has now apparently bobbed back up again.

There is confidence too about the £10 million ($14 million/€11.5 million) re-building of Perry Barr station, which will serve Alexander Stadium.

The Coordination Commission evaluations have been at six-month intervals, and the final two in the series of eight are due to take place in December, and then in July next year, shortly before the Games - which are scheduled to take place from July 28 to August 8 - get underway.

Robertson, a former swimmer who won six Commonwealth Games medals and two Olympic medals, has previously served as CGF Coordination Commission chair for Melbourne 2006, Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018.

He is also the CGF representative on the Birmingham 2022 Legacy and Benefits Committee.

"Despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee and the wider partnership have impressively continued to move forward for to ensure the delivery of a fantastic Commonwealth Games in July and August 2022," Robertson said.

"With several exciting opportunities coming up, including the imminent launch the Games volunteering programme, we look forward to our latest review of Birmingham 2022 and to providing our guidance and expertise to help support preparations for the event."

The volunteering programme was launched today.

The other members of the five-person Coordination Commission are Association of Summer Olympic International Federations executive director Andrew Ryan, CGF chief operating officer Darren Hall, former Glasgow City Council director of governance and solicitor to the Council Carole Forrest, and Commonwealth Games Scotland head of Games operations Elinor Middlemiss.