Petition · past parliament
Large audience events to be held behind closed doors for duration of COVID19
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Large mass events should be held behind closed doors or delayed until the COVID outbreak is in control or no new cases are reported for 14 days.
This is a Public Health Emergency and those who stand to lose financially can be centrally compensated.
This is a Public Health Emergency and those who stand to lose financially can be centrally compensated.
Events with 5,000+ people are a major means of accelerating cross-infection between heavily-infected regions to less-infected. Complex transport and density of participants means spread.
There is significant community spread now in Britain, which has imported cases to Vietnam, Greece, Poland, Senegal and China. Events in a week or two from now will show this.
Italy's oxygen and ICUs have been depleted rapidly, action must be taken in ADVANCE to be effective in slowing the epidemic curve.
There is significant community spread now in Britain, which has imported cases to Vietnam, Greece, Poland, Senegal and China. Events in a week or two from now will show this.
Italy's oxygen and ICUs have been depleted rapidly, action must be taken in ADVANCE to be effective in slowing the epidemic curve.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 7 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Mar 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.