Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Monday 27th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Prosecute licensees of pubs, bars, and clubs who opened up during Covid-19
Premises license holders of pubs, bars and clubs should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for wilfully exposing their staff and customers to Covid-19. Ignorance is not a defence!
They have a civic duty to protect the health and safety of their staff and customers and the ones which opened their doors when ordered not to have neglected the position of trust that they are in. They are just exposing their staff and customers but their extended families to the virus.
They have exposed everyone to an extremely hazardous virus with no regard for anyone’s health.
They should be held criminally accountable and should forfeit their licenses with immediate and permanent effect.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government has made Regulations that require certain businesses to close, and proprietors or managers contravening these Regulations has committed an offence, but taking action against these individuals is a matter for the police, local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service. The Government has published information on compliance with its guidance on closing certain businesses and venues here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance#compliance
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/
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 coronavirus 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/
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