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Bring back rationing! Pass emergency legislation during Covid19 pandemic

Submitted on Friday 13th March 2020

Rejected on Friday 20th March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Bring back rationing! Pass emergency legislation during Covid19 pandemic

Petition Details

We call upon the Government to pass emergency legislation to halt the stockpiling of items such as toilet paper, pasta, hand sanitizer and tins of beans.
There have been examples of fights breaking out amongst the public over rolls of toilet paper.

Additional Information

Bring in emergency legislation to prevent people stockpiling items.
Bring back a temporary period of rationing.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300766

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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