Submitted on Wednesday 25th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 24th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide free broadband to all UK homes for the duration of the Covid-19 outbreak
Ask or, if necessary, force the main broadband ISPs to provide free broadband access and equipment to all UK households, for the duration of the Coronavirus lockdown.
Schools and colleges are encouraging and in many cases expecting students to carry on studying from home, yet many UK households still have no access to broadband, or cannot afford the monthly charges.
This is putting many students at a disadvantage and contravenes the Equality Act 2010, Pt. 6 Ch. 1: "[...] a school must not discriminate against a pupil— (a)in the way it provides education for the pupil; (b)in the way it affords the pupil access to a benefit, facility or service".
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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.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: 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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