Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Stop the plan to spend £100bn of taxpayers' money on Operation Moonshot
Closed
83 signatures
What the petition asks
If there are unlimited funds to address the pandemic, I want parliament to see all the scientific advice and debate options on the best use of taxpayers' money. I suggest supplementing existing infrastructure and growing testing capacity might be a more realistic, cost-effective alternative.
Though this is an ambitious plan, even if delivered in full the project has questionable rationale and limited benefits. It will siphon off huge amounts of taxpayer cash to a handful of big companies to complete a project that may not even be needed by the time it is complete (if a vaccine is found), and distracts from the work that needs to be done now to find a vaccine, control the virus and protect communities. If delivered this may even increase the spread by changing human behaviour.
Timeline
| 8 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
83
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
8 Oct 2020
Closed
8 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.