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Raised awareness for victims of domestic abuse during the Covid-19 outbreak

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Victims of domestic violence and abuse are at acute risk during the lockdown period. This petition aims to raise awareness and ignite further action and discussion to support these vulnerable individuals, both in the public domain and through political avenues
While Covid-19 poses dangers to all members of society, victims of domestic violence and abuse are at greater risk due to their home situation being the source of such abuse and violence, the lockdown has made it increasingly difficult for people to seek support.

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 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 find 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

13 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
16 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Jun 2020

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