Petition · past parliament

Enforce all construction sites to close amid the COVID-19 outbreak

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Announce a country-wide closure of all construction sites during the outbreak. In particular, Hinkley Point Power Station.
Stop overcrowded buses which will cause the spread. Hinkley Point buses are extremely overcrowded and the workers waiting for these buses are not keeping two metres away from one another.
The close proximity of working conditions makes it impossible to keep a safe distance. This needs to be stopped to reduce the high risk of the spread.
Construction workers are not critical to running the country, not critical to running a nuclear site, therefore, they are not required during this pandemic

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Mar 2020

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