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
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.