Allow weddings to have receptions if restaurants can reopen · petition

What the petition asks

The government announced on Tuesday 23rd June that weddings (Ceremonies only) can restart with 30 people, social distancing in place.

THIS IS AMAZING! BUT...

Why can restaurants reopen with people keeping 1m+ apart but we can’t have our receptions with 30 people, sit down meal and speech’s?

Hopefully there will be more restrictions lifted next month

But there could now be thousands of companies that could potentially go bust and close because of a lack of income.

Couples that can go and sit in a restaurant with 30+ people for an hour or so have to miss out or wait for there Receptions with speeches and sit down meals.

Goverment and Parliament will be helping keep businesses trading, help the economy recover faster & allow people to have their days that they have long awaited

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that from 1 August, small wedding receptions will be able to take place. The Government's guidance states that this means sit-down meals for no more than 30 people, subject to COVID-19 Secure guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships

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

24 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee