Petition · past parliament

No Govermnent Bail outs for Airlines, private corporations inc Richard Branson

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

This is not a time to bail out companies and billionaires. Parliament need to ensure the publics wellbeing. A city wide infrastructure to handle the effects of the pandemic, stave off further development and support communities and public services on the ground to get through this difficult time.
It is a disgrace that a Government Bailout should even be considered to corporations that have more wealth than most countries in the world. Finances should be going towards, Delivering food to the elderly if they cannot get to the shops, help people pay their rent or mortgages, sick pay for self employed so they can afford to eat, shuttle services for people self isolated to get food deliveries once the supermarket deliveries are all booked out, medicines and stock for hospitals and staffing.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Ban or limit bailouts for big businesses

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
 
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
 
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

16 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
3 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Apr 2020

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