This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want the Government to allow the hospitality industry to resume functioning, but it's not clear what rules you want the Government to change.

The Government has already allowed public gatherings to take place, with some restrictions. If you want the Government to remove all restrictions on public gatherings, to enable the types of events you outline in your petition to take place, you could start a new petition requesting this.

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/