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Stop government from introducing tougher social distancing laws.

Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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Stop government from introducing tougher social distancing laws.

Petition Details

People’s right to get daily exercise must not be removed from the current social distancing laws. It is reported that the government may introduce even tougher laws on social distancing and make it illegal to go out and get any daily excercise .

Additional Information

The current law must not be made tougher. For example, those living in a flat it would have major consequences to their health, both physical and mental health. It is vital that everyone is allowed to go outside for their daily exercise.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Government has not stated any plans or taken any action to prevent people from leaving their homes to exercise daily. Decisions about whether people have left their homes without a reasonable excuse are a matter for the police, and not the Government or Parliament.

If the Government imposed and additional restrictions you could start a new petition calling for these to be removed.

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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