Submitted on Sunday 29th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 13th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop the UK Prime Minister from posting 30 Million letters.
UK Prime Minister intends to write to every UK household; 30 Million letters urging people to stay at home and save the NHS. This campaign will cost the tax payers £6 Million and use approximately 100 million papers (letter and envelope), damage to environment and expose postmen to the virus.
Fighting against Coronavirus requires a coordinated approach. Instead of wasting papers, public money and exposing postal service staff to coronavirus, UK Government should use digital platforms like YouTube, Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, TV channels and other social media outlets to launch a digital campaign urging people to stay at home and save lives. A digital campaign can be used multiple times to reinforce the message.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has already sent a letter about coronavirus to every home. You could start a new petition calling on the Government to only communicate via electronic means during the coronavirus outbreak, because of the potential risks of letters.
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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