Submitted on Tuesday 24th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 30th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Bring affordable essential fresh produce to all UK homes that are self isolating
For the UK Government to encourage and support all councils to work with their local retailers/markets/businesses to urgently set up temporary schemes for grouped local deliveries of fairly priced everyday essentials especially fresh products like fruit, vegetables, milk, bread, etc...
During the COVID-19 crisis,we need more solutions for delivering essential affordable goods to UK homes.The main supermarkets are overstretched whilst local shops and markets struggle to sell their fresh goods.It is neither practical nor economical to rely on small trade to provide a delivery service.Instead,this needs to be organised centrally by councils and high street managers for their local areas with Govt help, utilising vans and staff from industries who are temporarily unable to operate
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Arrangements for the provision of groceries is a matter for individual retailers, and not the Government or Parliament.
The Government has made certain changes to enable supermarkets to work together during the coronavirus outbreak, particularly to serve customers who are elderly, ill or vulnerable: www.gov.uk/government/news/supermarkets-to-join-forces-to-feed-the-nation
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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