Coronavirus and Deaf People -Deaf people are being asked to help a group of MPs in the Women and Equalities Committee to look into the impact of coronavirus on people with protected characteristics.
You can find out about the inquiry, including how to submit your views and events the Committee is holding in relation to this inquiry, here:
Coronavirus and Deaf People BSL
If you’d like to access a BSL version of the call for evidence for this inquiry you can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1l-nxy5fsI
The deadline for giving the Committee your views is 30 April. If you cannot get it to us before then, please don’t worry, as it will still be useful to us if you submit it later.
What is the Women and Equalities Committee?
The Women and Equalities Committee is a cross-party committee of MPs that looks at and questions matters relating to the Government’s activity on equality law and policy. The Committee is independent of Government.
You can find out more about the Committee on it’s website: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/
You can follow the Committee on Twitter @Commonswomequ: https://twitter.com/Commonswomequ
This is a ‘select committee’. Find out how Select Committees work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c
Further Information
You 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.
Find 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/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers, including one asking for a revised response to this petition: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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