Petition · past parliament

To not include children in the 'rule of 6' for Covid restriction.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

To align with Scotland and not include children in the rule of 6 people meeting up in public and private spaces.
For people with small children especially babies to be able to get childcare and socialise is very difficult with the rule of 6. It is also very confusing for children to not be included in Scotland's policy but are included in England.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Sep 2020

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