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Will summer holidays be cancelled so that children can catch up?\n* How are foodbanks being supported to continue operating during the outbreak?\n* What is being done to address panic buying and prevent price hikes of key items?\n* Will trains, buses and flights continue to operate? For how long?\n\nWe’ll email you again to let you know when we get a response to these questions, and to let you know about any more action the Committee takes.\n\nWho are we?\n\nWe are the House of Commons Petitions Committee. We are a cross-party group of MPs that looks at e-petitions submitted on petition.parliament.uk. We are independent from Government. You can find out more about us and our work on our website.\n\nYou can follow the Petitions Committee on Twitter: @HoCpetitions[1].\n\nFurther information\n\nYou can read impartial House of Commons Library information about coronavirus here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/\n\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\n\nhttps://www.gov.uk/coronavirus\nhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\n\nYou can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips\n\n[1]: https://twitter.com/HoCpetitions","occurred_on":"2020-04-01","created_at":"2020-04-01T06:47:31.121Z","updated_at":"2020-04-01T06:47:31.121Z"},{"subject":"Share your experiences of using the benefits system during the coronavirus outbreak","body":"A group of MPs called the Work and Pensions Committee would like to hear about people’s experiences of using the benefits system during the coronavirus outbreak. \n \nThey’d like to hear from you if:\n \n·        you’ve started to claim benefits during the coronavirus outbreak (for example, Universal Credit or       Employment Support Allowance) \n·        you were already claiming benefits before the coronavirus outbreak\n·        you needed support but weren’t able to claim benefits\n \nYou can share your experiences here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nt3mHDeziEC-Xo277ASzSjmyhv4Lz8tPuToBKZcY2O9UNVJNRzM0M1E1RVk3U0EzWkRDR1czQ1U3Ri4u\n \nThey’d like to hear from you by Wednesday 15 April. Your answers will help them to understand the issues people are facing and what questions MPs need to ask the Government.  \n \nThey might publish some or all of your responses, or read them out when they’re asking questions in a public Committee meeting or in the House of Commons. So please don’t share any personal information that you don’t want to be public.\n \nYou can get updates on their work by following the Committee on Twitter @CommonsWorkpen or on their website: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee\n\nWhat is the Work and Pensions Committee?\n\nThe Work and Pensions Committee looks at and questions how the Government Department for Work and Pensions:\n\n·         is run\n·         spends money\n·         decides on its policies\n\nIt's a cross-party committee and is independent of the Government. \n\nThis is a ‘select committee’. Find out how Select Committees work:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c","occurred_on":"2020-04-09","created_at":"2020-04-09T14:26:50.092Z","updated_at":"2020-04-09T14:26:50.092Z"},{"subject":"MPs to debate Government spending on Covid-19 support for employees and the self-employed","body":"On Tuesday 7 July MPs will debate the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and support for the self-employed through the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.\nThe debate should start at around 4pm, although the exact start time will depend on other business, and you can watch the debate live here: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/51b7cb07-c3d5-4e95-b272-4732c0e9f5b9\n\nA transcript will be published the following day here: https://hansard.parliament.uk\n\nThe debate has been requested by the Chair of the Treasury Committee, which recently published a report on the economic impact of coronavirus, and gaps in support: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/1446/documents/13238/default/\n\nThis debate is being held as part of several Estimates Day debates, where MPs debate and agree the Government’s spending plans. You can find out more about Estimates Day debates and the subjects that are being debated here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/202/backbench-business-committee/news/147093/backbench-business-committee-confirms-topics-for-estimates-day-debates/","occurred_on":"2020-07-06","created_at":"2020-07-06T15:51:06.936Z","updated_at":"2020-07-06T15:51:06.936Z"},{"subject":"Petitions Committee agrees not to debate petition calling for SSP for the self-employed","body":"The Petitions Committee (the group of MPs that looks at petitions submitted on petition.parliament.uk) would normally debate petitions that secure more than 100,000 signatures.\n\nHowever, Petition debates normally take place in Westminster Hall, the second Chamber of the House of Commons, and these debates were cancelled in March because of Covid-19. This means that the Petitions Committee has been unable to schedule debates on petitions over 100,000 signatures in the usual way.\n\nThe Petitions Committee put the request made this petition to Government ministers in March. Petitioners were invited to submit questions for a session the Petitions Committee held with Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer on 25 March, where the request made by this petition was raised with Ministers. You can read a transcript of this session here: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/948/html/\n\nSince this petition was opened the Government has announced support for self-employed workers, through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and the extent to which this scheme meets the needs of self-employed workers has been subject to extensive parliamentary scrutiny.\n\nBecause it has not been possible to debate this petition to date and the request made by this petition has been considered by the Committee and in the House of Commons in other ways, the Committee has agreed not schedule this petition for debate.\n\nThe Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak in a number of ways, and you can find out more about this work here: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/","occurred_on":"2020-07-29","created_at":"2020-07-29T10:53:22.856Z","updated_at":"2020-07-29T10:53:22.856Z"}]}}}