Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop shops inflating prices of essential items during COVID-19 pandemic
The government should enact rules to limit or prevent shops being allowed to raise the prices of essential items and medicines. The country understands that prices can fluctuate but it is apparent that a limit or ban is now needed to prevent shop owners using the pandemic for financial gain.
Currently shops are inflating the price of items such as toilet rolls, soaps, hand sanitizer etc, to such levels that it is adding to the anxiety and stress of households. Some shops have increased prices for a small pack to almost £10. Others have seperated packets into single rolls to sell which is not only unhygienic but I would argue illegal.
This has to stop - the country should be working together. The government has provided grants for businesses and so this inflation cannot be allowed.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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/303070
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/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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 coranavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: 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: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
18.223.172.224 Fri, 10 May 2024 06:32:52 +0100
