Petition · past parliament

Commercial landlords to stop taking rent during the Covid-19 interruption.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

During this really hard time that is facing our country and the world, we need the government of UK to ask commercial landlords to stop collecting quarterly rent during the lock down and extremely hard financial difficulties. Our shops have been closed but landlords still demand their rent.
During this really hard time that is facing our country and the world, we need the government of UK to ask commercial landlords to stop collecting quarterly rent during the lock down and extremely hard financial difficulties. Our shops have been closed but landlords still demand their rent. It’s not fair that landlords collecting rent whilst shops and businesses are closed, businesses have been very slow for weeks even before the lockdown. Stop collecting commercial rent.

Why it was rejected

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

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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

29 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
13 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 May 2020

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