Petition · past parliament

Revoke the fortnight travel quarantine period for anyone arriving in the UK.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

I find this 14 day period to be irrational, Revoking the 14 day period of self-isolation on travel passengers will allow, more income into the United Kingdom from traveling, also it shall prevent businesses such as hotels and/or airlines from suffering great financial loss or bankruptcy.In addition,
allowing a group of individuals such as,
Road haulage and freight workers
Medical officials who are traveling to help fight coronavirus
Anyone arriving from the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man
Seasonal agricultural workers.
would not stop the spread of the virus as there are millions of people occupying those professions of standings and like other members of society they are at risk of also contracting and spreading the virus, like the rest of us. REVOKE THE BAN.

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: Do not enforce a compulsory quarantine on people arriving in the UK

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

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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

24 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
28 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 May 2020

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