Submitted on Friday 28th August 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Review the powers given by the Coronavirus Act 2020 to the Secretary of State
I wish the government to review and lessen the powers given to the Secretrary of State under the coronavirus act 2020 and thereby all acts which rely on these powers being in effect.
The Secretary of State can issue a Declaration of threat to public health in England due to coronavirus based on the data available about the incidence or transmission of coronavirus and whether it constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health in England.
This power is held in the hands of the Secretary of State and chief medical officers ONLY, not requiring any input from any other professionals, or a body which the SoS is accountable to. This is non-democratic.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. The powers brought in by the Coronavirus Act are already subject to review every six months: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/section/98/enacted
We have published a petition calling for the Coronavirus Act to be repealed:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313310
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking that the Act be amended to require a majority of MPs in the House of Commons to agree in a vote, before certain powers can be used.
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