Petition · past parliament

Create a national memorial to those who have died as a result of covid19.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a public access national memerial to all those which have been lost as a result of the covid19 pandemic.
In light of the harsh circumstances that many people are grieving over lost ones, with many not being able to attend funerals. A national memorial would act as a centre for rememberance and also to remind future generations of how important the health care professionals and other key workers are to their and this countries well being.

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: 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 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

27 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
21 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 May 2020

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