Commit to a public enquiry into the UK's response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an event that has caused immense public concern and affected every single individual in the UK. The country must learn and act as a result of this.

As The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State (Dominic Raab) rightly says, "there are definitely lessons to be learnt, and when we get through this crisis it will be important that we take stock and come together to understand, with such an unprecedented challenge on an international scale, what can be done to avoid it happening again."

Now is the time for the government to commit to such an enquiry.

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: Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Apr 2020

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