Submitted on Friday 23rd April 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 28th April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Free COVID tests for British taxpayers returning from overseas
When travel reopens, the government will require all arrivals to the UK to pay for compulsory COVID testing.
This petition is calling for British taxpayers to be allowed to access free NHS testing services.
It’s an NHS service we already pay for and British taxpayers should be entitled to access it whatever the reason
It’s discriminatory: No other activity deemed “risky” by the government requires people to pay for testing eg if contacted by Test and Trace after a pub or cinema visit
It’s more efficient and safer: The NHS testing system is well established and efficient. Even at very low levels of uptake the private providers have failed to deliver a service of a similar standard
It balances health and economic risk: By making testing free for British taxpayers it gives the travel sector a real chance to build itself back up and secure the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people who depend on it
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577612
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