Petition · past parliament

Isolate arriving passengers at British airports for a minimum of 7 days by law.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Passengers are arriving at UK airports from New York and other infected cities and countries with no advice to self isolate. This should be compulsory for at least 7 days.
We are sitting at home self isolating to help the country and the national health and visitors from overseas from infected countries are not even being advised to self isolate on arrival.

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 announced new public health measures for all UK arrivals, requiring 14 days’ self-isolation for anyone entering the UK, bar a short list of exemptions: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-secretary-announces-new-public-health-measures-for-all-uk-arrivals

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 May 2020

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