This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept your petition because it asks for someone to be nominated for an honour.

Members of the public can nominate people for honours directly, although it is not possible to nominate a group or organisation for an honour. You can find out how to nominate someone for an honour here: www.gov.uk/honours

We have accepted petitions calling for the Government to award people working in essential occupations medals, which you might like to sign.

If you want the Government to award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302613

If you want the Government to create a medal to honour the fortitude of people working in essential occupations, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308035

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 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 correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/