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During the covid 19 health emergency free access to utility power /broadband

Submitted on Tuesday 24th March 2020

Rejected on Thursday 30th April 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

During the covid 19 health emergency free access to utility power /broadband

Petition Details

With so many households in debt and struggling during this international crisis it would be unethical for utility companies to continue their profiteering .

Additional Information

Millions of low income households are stuck on pre payment meters which disconnect , they are also subject to unfair higher charge rates . Suppliers should not be able to boost their profits at this time.


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This petition was rejected

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 the following petitions calling for similar actions:

Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256

Fund free broadband for vulnerable households during social distancing: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307371

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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