Submitted on Thursday 24th September 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 27th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Schools' winter term should be shortened to allow families to meet at Christmas.
Term should end on or before 9th Dec. so that related families are able to quarantine for a least 14 days before Christmas.
This would allow individual bubbles to safely join together for Christmas as there would be a high level of certainty that the bubbles were covid-free before they merge.
The end of term could be home-based to reduce loss of school time.
These plans may not help everyone, but they would allow (subject to prevalent conditions and expert agreement) a significant number of children, parents and grandparents to meet in relative safety over Christmas.
In addition, the quarantine and holiday periods will introduce a break in the transmission of covid, meaning that levels will be lower when children return to school and people return to work after the holiday period.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/549015
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