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for Schools, the Minister for Disabled People and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer. These included:\nHow long will schools be closed for and what will the impact be on exams and grades?\nWhat financial support will be available for the self-employed?\nWhat financial support will be offered to people who are unable to pay their rent or bills due to self-isolation or loss of work?\nWhat support will be offered to the events, creative and hospitality industries now that pubs, clubs and cultural venues have been closed?\nWhat clear, practical steps can people take to make sure they are following Government guidance on social distancing, household isolation and self-isolation?\nWho is being tested and why, and will tests be made freely available to everyone?\nWhat is the Government doing to ensure that everyone is getting the right information?\nWatch the session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aPLXJcZEfi8\nRead the transcript: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/publications/written-evidence/\nBecause of the large number of petitions that we continue to receive on coronavirus we have sent more questions to the Government to answer.\nRead our letters to different Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/\nSome of the questions we’ve asked include:\nWhen will testing capacity will be increased; who will testing be available for and will it be free?\nWhat is being done to tackle the spread of disinformation?\nHow quickly will support for self-employed people be made available?\nWhat will happen to the school year? Will summer holidays be cancelled so that children can catch up?\nHow are foodbanks being supported to continue operating during the outbreak?\nWhat is being done to address panic buying and prevent price hikes of key items?\nWill trains, buses and flights continue to operate? For how long?\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.\nWho are we?\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.\nYou can follow the Petitions Committee on Twitter: @HoCpetitions (https://twitter.com/HoCpetitions).\nFurther information\nYou can read impartial House of Commons Library information about coronavirus here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\nhttps://www.gov.uk/coronavirus\nhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\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","created_at":"2020-04-01T06:44:46.346Z","updated_at":"2020-04-01T06:44:46.346Z"}]}}}