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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Cultural and Sporting Sectors: Covid-19

Thursday 1 July 2021 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Chris Green inquired about steps the Department is taking to reopen cultural and sporting sectors as covid-19 restrictions ease.
  • The Department provided unprecedented support through the 2 billion culture recovery fund to help sectors reopen fully.
  • Chris Green asked if terminus day will mean the end of social distancing and mask wearing permanently.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Chris Green Con
Culture, Media & Sport
Context

The question arises as the UK government considers further easing of COVID-19 restrictions, aiming to support arts and sports industries which have been heavily impacted.

Question

What steps his Department is taking to open up the cultural and sporting sectors as covid-19 restrictions are eased. The MP inquires about specific measures being implemented by the department to help these sectors recover from the pandemic-induced closure.

Answer from Oliver Dowden

We have provided unprecedented support for arts and sports and have only just opened up applications for the latest round of the £2 billion culture recovery fund. That will focus specifically on helping sectors to reopen fully. Our aim is, of course, to get everything—sports, live music and cultural events—back at full capacity from 19 July, and we are making good progress towards that goal.

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Q2 Chris Green Con
NHS
Context

The question comes as the government considers fully lifting social distancing and mask-wearing rules, aiming to return life to normal by a specific date.

Question

Does my right hon. Friend agree with me that terminus day means an end to social distancing, an end to compulsory mask wearing and a full return to normal, not just for the end of July but permanently?

Answer from Oliver Dowden

As my hon. Friend rightly says, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has said, we are making very good progress towards 19 July. We are hopeful and, indeed, confident that we will be able to remove, as planned at stage 4, all the remaining legal limits on social contact, reopen the remaining closed settings and remove all limits on weddings and other life events. That is very much what I am working towards.

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