MJW Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320711 (NB - you need to be a UK citizen or resident) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Signed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I've signed this one and several similar ones. I hope the fact that there are several does not dilute the impact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisG Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Signed. A choir colleague of mine is organising a petition asking for clarity on government policy on getting people back performing and there have been open letters from Sir Mark Elder and Sir Simon Rattle and from the choral directors of the country's major choirs to the same effect. I would say the more we push the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: I hope the fact that there are several does not dilute the impact. The more the better in this instance, I think. Words from Govt are no longer enough. We need to see a plan. The arts world needs a basis ( financial and otherwise) on which they can build. ......... NOW. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 At the current rate of signing, the Petition should reach 50, 000 by 9.30 this morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Ian Macmillan said: At the current rate of signing, the Petition should reach 50, 000 by 9.30 this morning. Now over 83,000 (15:45). Hopefully the potential 100,000 Parliamentary debate trigger will be reached by the end of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 7 hours ago, capybara said: The more the better in this instance, I think. Words from Govt are no longer enough. We need to see a plan. The arts world needs a basis ( financial and otherwise) on which they can build. ......... NOW. The Editor of The Stage, Alistair Smith, champions your words, Capybara - and quite right too! Speaking to the Evening Standard about 10 days ago, culture secretary Oliver Dowden said: “I am not going to stand by and see our world-leading position in arts and culture destroyed.” But, at the moment, that is precisely what he is doing. Talk is cheap. It is time for his actions to match his assurances. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Please do check your inboxes and click on the link which the petitions website sends you, otherwise your vote won't be counted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, alison said: Please do check your inboxes and click on the link which the petitions website sends you, otherwise your vote won't be counted. I signed yesterday and passed on the link to everyone I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Just signed, 85876, it was at least nice to hear the arts discussed at last evening's Briefings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCL Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Signed, thank you for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Signed. Let's hope something is done soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 59 minutes ago, Beryl H said: Just signed, 85876, it was at least nice to hear the arts discussed at last evening's Briefings. The daily briefings should be for information-giving, factual updating, engaging the public in the endeavour, and, crucially, announcements about planned action. I didn't hear anything by way of action planning and financial support. [But I've said that already, I fear!] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Up to over 92,000 just now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I despair of anything really being done, having read in The Times that the nation's spirits have been lifted by the return of football. So we're all ok now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, ninamargaret said: the nation's spirits have been lifted by the return of football Apart from Arsenal supporters....! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Sorry Richard LH - feeling particularly gloomy today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHazell2 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Signed the petition. Hope that the Government will listen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 It's reached 100,000 SIGNATURES now but the Government still only has to consider a parliamentary debate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Signed! Yes there are others doing the rounds but this is the official one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, capybara said: It's reached 100,000 SIGNATURES now but the Government still only has to consider a parliamentary debate. I don't think its the Government that decides whether to allow a debate rather the Petitions Committee of the HoC: How will petitions be put forward for debate? The Petitions Committee can recommend that petitions be debated in Westminster Hall. If the Petitions Committee decides that a petition should be debated in the main House of Commons Chamber, it would take that request to the Backbench Business Committee. Will a petition with 100,000 signatures automatically be debated? The Petitions Committee will take the threshold of 100,000 signatures as a starting point when it considers which petitions should be debated. But sometimes the Committee might not put forward a petition for debate if it’s got over 100,000 signatures – for example, if the same subject has recently been debated or if a debate is going to happen soon. If that’s the case, we’ll tell you how you can find out more about parliamentary debates on the issue raised by your petition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Pas de Quatre said: Signed! Yes there are others doing the rounds but this is the official one. I’ve signed one other parliament.uk petition in the last couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 If it is a Parliamentary petition then it is official. I read somewhere recently that others such as those from change.org are disregarded. (If I remember where, or find it, I will post here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Pas de Quatre said: If it is a Parliamentary petition then it is official. I read somewhere recently that others such as those from change.org are disregarded. (If I remember where, or find it, I will post here.) I just mentioned that I had signed at least one other Parliamentary petition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Was it on the same topic Janet or something different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I can't find it now but it was about support for the Arts. I also signed one about free lance artists who aren't getting any help from the various government schemes. As you say, the more the better as long as they all get plenty of signatures and highlight the plight of the arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 That's good, so many people in the arts world need help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Signed it myself and forwarded it on to others who've also signed. Reached over 135,000 signatures. Edited June 20, 2020 by jmhopton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 This also appears to be a petition for a parliamentary debate but with a funding appeal attached: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-uk-s-arts-and-cultural-industries?share=7cf1f365-9d79-42ca-867e-700451030917&source=&utm_source= Does anyone know anything about this? Unlike the one which opened this thread, it doesn't have to be 'countersigned' by e-mail and that makes me slightly suspicious (probably wrongly!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 38 Degrees' petitions are certainly genuine, although they do have an annoying habit of asking you to fund the appeal you've just signed up to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere: You recently signed the petition “Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19”:https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320711 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. The 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. The 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. You will be able to watch the debate live here: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/a7b6db44-6101-42c7-b2a0-32abd08b80ef A transcript will be published the following day here: https://hansard.parliament.uk 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Time for everyone who can to lobby their MPs today? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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