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Send BA to collect PPE like Air Lingus have done for Ireland

Submitted on Sunday 29th March 2020

Rejected on Thursday 14th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Send BA to collect PPE like Air Lingus have done for Ireland

Petition Details

Send British Airways to collect PPE for our front line key workers like Air Lingus have done for Ireland

Additional Information

Because we are not supplying essential protection to our front line workers


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We cannot accept petitions that call on the Government to direct or engage the services of a particular company.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304243

Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307866

Join the Joint European Procurement Initiative: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310166

During Covid-19 pandemic, make PPE on prescription for those most at risk: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308558

You could also start a new petition calling on the Government to take action to increase supplies of PPE, both by funding increased production domestically and procuring additional supplies from abroad.

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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