Petition · past parliament

Force liability to go back vaccine manufacturers

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

In the present situation if something goes wrong with vaccination, and injury occurs, crazily, manufacturers of the vaccines are not held liable and instead the governments are. This is a major thing that needs changing. This seeks for the government to undo that and make the manufacturers liable.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 established in the UK a statutory no-fault system of a single lump sum payment from public funds for cases of proven serious permanent disablement resulting from Government-approved vaccination.

https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment

The Vaccine Damage Payment scheme is not intended to be compensation and doesn't prevent a person from pursuing a claim against the manufacturer of the vaccine. You can read more about this here:

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-03-24/debates/15032478000001/VaccineDamagePaymentsAct

Timeline

11 Jul 2019 Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Jul 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.