This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

It's not clear whether you are calling for a public inquiry, which would be set up by the Government, or for action by Parliament.

Since you started your petition, the Foreign Affairs Committee, which scrutinses the Foreign Office, has written the Foreign Secretary about this issue, and published this exchange of correspondence: committees.parliament.uk/publications/1686/documents/16453/default/

The work of individual Committees is a matter for each Committee, but you could start a petition either calling for an inquiry into why the UK Government did not join the EU joint procurements, or calling for the Government to release any papers on this to a relevant parliamentary Committee.

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

Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302576

Investigate NHS Supply Chain performance providing PPE to frontline staff: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312054

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 find 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/