Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Supply PPE equipment for all face-to-face public transport drivers.
There are 40,000+ bus drivers in Britain, few of whom have industry-supplied PPE.
They have to handle cash (a prime spreader of COVID-19) and are in direct contact with the public in circumstances where it is impossible to implement social distancing. In many cases (on coaches and older buses) there is not even a screen to protect them. If a driver is asymptomatic, they are also at risk of contaminating their passengers. Whilst public transport is still allowed to function, the spread of the disease cannot be contained effectively and the government are putting lives at risk.
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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 these petitions calling for the same action:
Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307866
Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306387
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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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