Change England’s ‘rule of six’ to exclude young children

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Boris Johnson should follow Scotland and Wales' lead and make young children exempt from England’s ‘rule of six’. The rate of infection has remained very low among younger children, despite rising among teenagers and adults.

Including young children within this rule puts a disproportionate burden on families and is damaging to a segment of the population that has already missed out on months of normal social interaction and learning during lockdown.

Families will be unable to meet together without making multiple trips in smaller groups, potentially increasing the overall risk. Meanwhile allowing people from six different households to meet together inside is more likely to increase the spread of coronavirus.

Why it was rejected

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

It isn't clear what you mean by 'young children'.

We have a number of petitions open which call for exemptions for children of certain ages, which you may like to sign:

Make children exempt from coronavirus "rule of six"
Exempt children under 11 from counting towards the 'Rule of Six' in England
Exempt children under 10 from the Rule of Six
Make children under 5 exempt from the rule of six
Exclude children under 12 months from the social distancing rules in England

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

11 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
18 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Sep 2020

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