Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020
Rejected on Friday 22nd May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make the New Years Honours list exclusively for NHS and other Front Line staff
The New Years Honours list for 2021 should be used exclusively to recognise the NHS and other Front Line Staff who are looking after the community in the fight against coronavirus.
The government on behalf of the population should reward the bravery and sacrifice they have made.
The public support of the NHS and other Key workers by clapping on every Thursday is demonstrably a boost to the morale of the staff on the front line. As good as it is, when the coronavirus is finally over, the staff will only be left with a memory.
Why not do something that is a more lasting tribute and reward staff by way of a Honour. If the New Years Honours list was for one year made exclusively for them they will be written into the history books for ever.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We cannot accept petitions that call for specific awards or honours, such as the George Cross, to be given to individuals or organisations, because we can only accept petitions about matters for which the Government or Parliament are responsible for.
There is an independent process for considering nominations for awards and honours, and advising the Queen on granting these, so it is not something the Government or Parliament can do.
The Government has announced that it is delaying Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday honours list until the Autumn so people who have made a contribution to the fight against coronavirus can be recognised and celebrated: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oliver-dowdens-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19-20-may-2020
You can nominate someone who has made an exceptional contribution to the response to the coronavirus crisis in the UK for an award here: www.gov.uk/honours/nominate-someone-for-coronavirus-work
You may wish to sign these petitions calling for a similar action:
Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302613
A medal to honour the fortitude of people working in essential occupations: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308035
Award medals to the retired doctors and nurses who returned to NHS for COVID19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315329
Award posthumous medals to NHS and other frontline workers; victims of covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312389
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