Petition · past parliament
Independent body's investigation into the UK governments handling of covid-19
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
To appoint an independent body to investigate and report on the covid-19 outbreak response to see if there has been any decisions that have led to the loss of life or liable for criminal prosecution under corporate manslaughter.
The prime ministers actions must be held accountable if any wrong doing has occurred.
There has been a huge loss of life and people want Answers there has been a lot of speculation to the government not taking offers of equipment from the EU not doing so puting others at risk and excuses of not reading an email is in acceptable from people in trust of running our country.
There has been a huge loss of life and people want Answers there has been a lot of speculation to the government not taking offers of equipment from the EU not doing so puting others at risk and excuses of not reading an email is in acceptable from people in trust of running our country.
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 some of these petitions:
Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis: Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis
Set up a Royal Commission into Government planning and handling of pandemics: Set up a Royal Commission into Government planning and handling of pandemics
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/
Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis: Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis
Set up a Royal Commission into Government planning and handling of pandemics: Set up a Royal Commission into Government planning and handling of pandemics
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
| 14 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.