Petition · past parliament
Introduce rationing on essential goods during the Covid-19 crisis.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Appeals from the PM for people to shop responsibly and not to stockpile seem to have made little impact on panic buying. Measures offered by several supermarkets, e.g. allowing elderly people to shop for the first hour of opening, are failing because the supermarkets cannot regulate them.
There are serious shortages of essential goods, and this will impact most heavily on those who are less mobile and cannot shop around.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Mar 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.