Submitted on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Rejected on Monday 18th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
garden centres that sell vegetable and fruit plants remain open (covid19)
Garden centres across the country have 1000’s of vegetable and fruit plants ready for sale. But can’t sell them as they are classed as non-essential “shops” and are therefore forced to closed at this time. These plants will now be binned. It’s a unnecessary waste.
The question is - are garden centres NOT essential? Are they not selling “grocery” products?
In these unprecedented times, can these centres be re-classified as a grocer, selling food products. After all it’s food just in an earlier cycle of growth!
To grow our own food is not only good for our mental health it is also an answer to possible food shortages later on this year. How can we predict the same fresh food availability in 6 months that we have now taking into account global restrictions.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has added garden centres and plant nurseries to the list of businesses that are permitted to open: www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance
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/
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