Close all Holiday Parks until the Covid-19 Crisis has been dealt with. · petition

What the petition asks

Every Holiday Park in the United Kingdom must be closed temporarily, alongside schools, restaurants, pubs and hotels. This will relieve the strain on rural and holiday attraction counties that lack the public and healthcare services of London and the Home Counties.

Now that the government is encouraging as much of the country as possible to work from home, and now that schools, restaurants, hotels and so on are closed, thousands of people are leaving the cities and relocating to second homes and holiday parks in the countryside. The majority of these tourist-friendly areas however (such as Cornwall) lack hospital bed spaces, public services, and supplies enough for their inhabitants, let alone hundreds more people from London and elsewhere.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Since this petition was started, the Government has issued guidance on further businesses and premises to close. The Government has said that exemptions apply where people live permanently in caravan parks or are staying in caravan parks as interim abodes where their primary residence is not available. You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance

The Government has also asked everyone to stay at home. You can find out more here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

21 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee