Petition · past parliament

Provide permanent & prominent national Covid-19 memorial

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Request parliament to fund the construction and upkeep of a permanent and prominent national memorial to the memory of those lost, listed by name, age and the frontline role undertaken if applicable, to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Those lost to this pandemic should be remembered. They are someone mum, dad, brother, sister, friends or colleague. For those affected, after Covid-19 nothing will be the same. A national memorial would provide a focus for their grief and the grief of a nation.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19: A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19

Commission a Memorial Plaque to honour and remember UK victims of the Covid-19: Commission a Memorial Plaque to honour and remember UK victims of the Covid-19

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

5 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
22 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 May 2020

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