Allow Garden Centres to trade as supermarkets during the Corona Virus pandemic

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Millions of citizens need to be occupied and being able to nurture plants and vegetables is a way to allow them to be at home and occupied without being tempted to go out and potentially spread the virus. Garden centres have large open car parks where customers can collect on line orders safely.

Apart from the social wellbeing of many retired and enforced furlowed gardeners this will create, keep happy and give a sense of achievement, there is a strong economic case for these businesses to remain open and therefore viable. Wildlife and pollinators e.g. bees also need gardens.

Why it was rejected

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

Since you started your petition the Government has added garden centres and plant nurseries to the list of businesses that are permitted to open: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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

3 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
18 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 May 2020

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