Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 21st April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Bring in immediate appointment times to supermarkets to stop panic buying
During the covid-19 lockdown, if you are not utilising deliver service of your grocery shop, then the big supermarket's need to allow shopping by appointment only to stop the spread of covid-19, allow stock to be replenished by staff, stop panic buying and stop unnecessary queues of traffic.
stop the spread of covid-19, allow stock to be replenished by staff, stop panic buying and stop unnecessary queues of traffic.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government has issued guidance for food businesses on coronavirus, which recommends that supermarkets monitor the number of customers within store and limit access to avoid congestion:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-food-businesses/guidance-for-food-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19
It is up to individual retailers to determine how they implement this guidance.
You may wish to sign this petition about restricting stockpiling: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303070
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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