Petition · past parliament

Introduce limits on the quantity of household essentials one person can buy.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

We would like the government to take action and implement a rule where supermarkets and online retailers are forced to place limits on the number of household essentials one person can buy. These include toilet roll, canned food, pasta, rice and hand wash.
During the COVID-19 crisis, many have taken to panic buying. This has caused national shortages of essential items such as toilet roll, canned food, pasta, rice and hand wash. Supermarkets are barely able to keep up with the increased demand causing many people such as the elderly, the disabled and those who cannot afford to bulk buy to go without and for resellers to profit off of this crisis. Not enough retailers are implementing limits for those in need. We need the government to take action.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Mar 2020

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