Government should request an extension to the Brexit transition period

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should work with business organisations, opposition parties and EU partners to Postpone the Brexit date. The government should pass legislation as soon as possible to this effect to allow all European countries to concentrate on protecting the lives and livelihoods of all citizens.

It appears that in a recent survey of more than 2000 people reported in Sunday Times of 19th April that nearly half of all leave supporters but more importantly two thirds of all voters believe that this is correct course of action.
The Covid 19 pandemic means that we should concentrate all available resources tackling this issue rather than potentially deepening the economic and existential crisis facing the UK.

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 this petition calling for the same action: Extend the transition; delay negotiations until after the coronavirus outbreak

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

19 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
24 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Apr 2020

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