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The Committee looks at and questions the Government about matters that have an impact on Wales.\nYou can find out more about the Welsh Affairs Committee on their website: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/162/welsh-affairs-committee/\nYou can follow the Welsh Affairs Committee on Twitter: @CommonsWelshAff (https://twitter.com/CommonsWelshAff)\nThe Welsh Affairs Committee is a ‘select committee’. Find out how Select Committees work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c\nFurther Information\nYou may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.\nFind out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/\nRead letters from the Committee asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/publications/\nVisit our website to find news and information on other activity in relation to coronavirus and other issues: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/\nYou can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/\n","created_at":"2020-05-07T07:17:06.184Z","updated_at":"2020-05-07T07:17:06.184Z"},{"subject":"MPs to debate petitions calling for support for UK industries in response to Covid-19","body":"The Petitions Committee, which is the group of MPs who oversee the petitions system, has agreed to schedule a debate in the House of Commons Chamber on Thursday 25 June on petitions calling for support for UK industries in response to Covid-19.\nThe debate is being held in response to the huge number of petitions, including the one you signed, that call for the Government to provide support for UK industries in response to Covid-19.\nThe start time of the debate will depend on other parliamentary business, but you can follow the Petitions Committee on Twitter @HoCpetitions, where we will post updates on when we expect the debate to start.\nYou will be able to watch the debate live here: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/a7b6db44-6101-42c7-b2a0-32abd08b80ef\nA transcript will be published the following day here: https://hansard.parliament.uk\n","created_at":"2020-06-19T16:38:22.912Z","updated_at":"2020-06-19T16:38:22.912Z"},{"subject":"Government announces £1.57 billion funding for cultural, arts and heritage institutions","body":"Last month MPs in the House of Commons discussed support for UK industries, including the arts and heritage sectors, in a debate arranged by the Petitions Committee. This debate was held in response to a number of popular petitions on this issue, including this one.\nThe Government has now announced £1.57bn in additional support to help cultural and heritage organisations, through a mixture of emergency grants and loans.\nFind out more about the additional support announced by the Government: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/157-billion-investment-to-protect-britains-world-class-cultural-arts-and-heritage-institutions\nDuring the debate on 25 June, many MPs highlighted the impact of the pandemic on the arts and heritage sectors, and called on the Government to provide support.\nWatch the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV0Et_Pfhdk&feature=youtu.be\nRead the transcript: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-06-25/debates/E1479A23-8697-4B2E-9E5F-2A208EC3E217/Covid-19SupportForUKIndustries\nWhat is the Petitions Committee?\nThe Petitions Committee is a cross-party group of MPs that considers e-petitions submitted on Parliament’s petitions website and public (paper) petitions presented to the House of Commons.\nIt's a cross-party committee and is independent of the Government.\nYou can get updates on their work by following the Committee on Twitter @HoCpetitions\nor on their website: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/\nThis is a ‘select committee’. Find out how Select Committees work:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c\nFind out more about how petitions work:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEOraE08Jk&feature=youtu.be\n","created_at":"2020-07-06T11:16:06.142Z","updated_at":"2020-07-06T11:16:06.142Z"},{"subject":"MPs debate Government support for culture, media and sport in light of covid-19","body":"On 8 September, MPs debated the Government's spending on support measures for culture, media and sport during and after the covid-19 pandemic. \nWatch the debate here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0d08c5bb-04d0-4a34-b1d1-8efba0179f9c?in=14:36:54 \nRead the transcript of the debate here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-10-08/debates/4D1CBDF7-EC03-4509-90D0-C3214FAA33BE/DigitalCultureMediaAndSportSupportMeasures \n###Further information\nFind out how to get involved in the work of the UK Parliament: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/ \nFind out about the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/digital-culture-media-and-sport\nFollow the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Twitter: \n@CommonsDCMS\n","created_at":"2020-10-13T16:24:34.762Z","updated_at":"2020-10-13T16:24:34.762Z"}]}}}