Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 28th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Create new legislation to turn pubs and restaurants into local food suppliers
Bring in new legislation so local pubs and restaurants are allocated a certain amount of households within a local catchment area. They are then given priority supermarket delivery slots for a certain amount of food and drink at a discounted rate to sell and deliver to their locals.
This is a four fold approach. It supports the pubs and restaurants to keep getting revenue during the time they cannot open their doors, it helps people get a regular food delivery so reduces panic, it helps the supermarkets as it reduces the amount of deliveries and reduces the amount of people at the supermarket helping to slow down spreading the virus
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Your petition mainly relates to the operations of pubs and restaurants, which is a matter for individual proprietors, not the Government or Parliament. The sale and supply of goods to pubs and restaurants is a matter for individual retailers, as well as individual proprietors, and not the Government or Parliament.
While the Government has included pubs and restaurants on the list of businesses which have been required to close, the Government has granted permission for pubs and restaurants to operate as takeaways as part of coronavirus response: www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-grant-permission-for-pubs-and-restaurants-to-operate-as-takeaways-as-part-of-coronavirus-response
You could start a new petition calling on the Government to provide additional financial support to pubs and restaurants, or to take action to ensure members of the public can access essential goods, both of which are things the Government could take action on.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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