Limit quantities purchased by individuals in all shops to stop panic buying

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The current Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in shoppers panic buying and stocking up in vast quantities that are totally unnecessary. This means that other people are struggling to buy food. Shops need to limit quantities that individuals can buy.

We have seen individuals loading whole trolleys full of toilet paper and other products, some of which are essential such as bread and pasta. This has resulted in vulnerable people going without. More worryingly baby formula is being stockpiled leaving some families struggling to feed their babies, which of course is very dangerous. Supermarkets have said they are limiting quantities but some quantities are still large and it is not being consisitently enforced.

Why it was rejected

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

Introduce limits on per customer purchases in all supermarkets

Timeline

17 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2020

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