This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want the Government to take action in relation to the UK manufacture of PPE, but it's not clear exactly what action you want the Government to take.

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

Set up nationalised manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): petition.parliament.uk/petitions/317513

Make stockpiling PPE law in case of future pandemics: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314100

If you wanted to the Government to provide financial support to UK manufacturers of PPE due to the Covid-19 outbreak you could start a petition requesting that.

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/