Petition · past parliament
Stop all junk / marketing mail via Royal Mail during the UK Covid 19 Lockdown
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Please stop junk / marketing mail via Royal Mail, you’re literally posting the virus through people’s doors !
It lasts at least 24 hours on paper & cardboard , and estimated to last more than 3 days on film / plastics / coated items .
Postal workers are spreading the virus across the nation.
It lasts at least 24 hours on paper & cardboard , and estimated to last more than 3 days on film / plastics / coated items .
Postal workers are spreading the virus across the nation.
The Covid 19 virus is stated to last at least 24 hours on paper & cardboard , and estimated to last more than 3 days on film / plastics / coated items .
Many marketing materials are coated in filmic or plastic coatings.
Thousands of Postal workers are handing the mail daily, spreading the virus to their families & the nation via their postbox who then have to deal with it once it arrives through their door.
Stop all non essential mail as soon as possible to combat the spread of Covid 19.
Many marketing materials are coated in filmic or plastic coatings.
Thousands of Postal workers are handing the mail daily, spreading the virus to their families & the nation via their postbox who then have to deal with it once it arrives through their door.
Stop all non essential mail as soon as possible to combat the spread of Covid 19.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 1 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
26 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.