Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office

Do not lift lockdown restrictions

Closed 42 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should apply the precautionary principle when considering easing lockdown measures and wait until more is known about the impact of easing lockdown in other countries in Europe.
The Government appear to be responding to political pressure to lift the lockdown, but there is very little evidence that this is what the public as a whole want them to do. We want the Government to keep us safe and that implies a high degree of caution about lifting measures that might increase the reproduction rate of the virus and could cause a second outbreak and hence more death and suffering.

Timeline

26 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 Dec 2020 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 42
Status Closed
Department Cabinet Office
Opened 26 Jun 2020
Closed 26 Dec 2020

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