Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Cap the prices of essential retail items during the COVID19 pandemic.
Citizens of the United Kingdom want retail prices capped on all essential items during the COVID19 pandemic. There are too many unscrupulous retailers inflating prices of items like hand sanitisers, baby formula, disinfectants, toilet rolls and medicines.
The public cannot be expected to pay up to 4 times the Recommended Retail Price for these essential items when our great country is in such a time of need. Retailers are making extortionate profits at the expense of those in need and we would like it to stop. The government could assist and implement emergency measures as other countries have done to ensure profiteering and price gouging do not happen.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303070
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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 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 coranavirus 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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