keep and continue with environmental benefits that have arisen from lockdown.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

We want our government to publicly research and clearly document the environmental changes that have occurred in and around the uk since global lockdown has been instigated. Then if benefits are proven to be so, act DECISIVELY on its findings to continue the environmental improvements.

I as many of us have been noticing more and more over recent decades how the weather,climate the seasons even, are all undeniably colder,hotter,more unpredictable than I remember. I have noticed over the last month and a half how how the sky is as blue as it used to be, the birds are more numerous and vociferous, even columns of insects are rising in the evenings seem larger. It is obvious even to my 7 and 9 year old children that nature comes back strong when given even a slight free hand.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can only accept petitions that make a clear request for an action the Government or House of Commons is responsible for.

We understand that you want any environmental benefits that have been achieved due to the Covid-19 outbreak to be preserved for the future, but it's not clear exactly what you want the Government to review or how you want it to act on the finding.

We have published the following related petition which you might like to sign:

Study impact of home working on health & the environment and act on the results: Study impact of home working on health & the environment and act on the results

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

7 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Jul 2020

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