Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The Government to make it a crime to profiteer during the coronavirus crisis.
No business to sell for more that 3% more that before
No business or person should buy stuff just to sell for more or by auction.
Profits should be siezed
People reselling toilet rolls or calpol on ebay is just sick
Businesses hiking price is an affront
It was not allowed in World War II and should not be allowed now.
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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.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303070
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