Submitted on Friday 3rd July 2020
Rejected on Thursday 10th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Admit that changing our paper bank notes to plastic was a bad idea and revert.
We expect the government to acknowledge and accept that converting banknotes to plastic from paper was a bad idea for a large number of reasons, one being that we know that covid 19 virus lives much longer on plastic surfaces than paper. The government should force the reversal of this immediately.
Plastic bank notes were a bad idea and should be changed back to paper immediately, especially after what we have learnt during the covid 19 outbreak regarding the virus living longer on plastic surfaces. Not only this but the new plastic notes are harder to count, stick together when they come into contact with even the slightest bit of moisture, the ink rubs off them over time, they unfold themselves when folded and pop out of pockets and crevices. We are supposed to be reducing plastic usage.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Bank notes are the responsibility of the bank of England, not of the Government or Parliament.
If you want to raise your concerns regarding the new bank notes you could raise these directly with the Bank of England: www.bankofengland.co.uk/contact
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