Submitted on Tuesday 12th May 2020
Rejected on Friday 5th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
No schools, nurseries and playgroups before Parliament sits as a full house.
The Parliament should force the government to revert its ambition of opening primary schools, nurseries and playgroups across England on June 1 and postpone it till the House of Commons and the House of Lords convene as full houses in their chambers and not virtually.
The decision of the UK government to open primary schools on June 1 may put the public at greater risk of being infected from the Coronavirus. The government's ambition to start with early year settings, nurseries, Years 1 & 6 will be detrimental to what has been achieved by the lockdown. It will jeopardise social distancing, especially when dealing with 0-5 year old kids. It is common sense not to rely on kids who are uncontrollable and can't control themselves.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the House of Commons has returned, and rules allowing all Members to participate in proceedings virtually have fallen. The House of Commons has agreed that Members who are unable to attend Westminster for medical or public health reasons related to the pandemic can attend proceedings virtually.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316404
Delay the reopening of schools to September: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318206
Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319292
Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308013
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