Make children under 12 exempt from the rule of 6 in England

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To change the current ‘rule of 6’ covid 19 rule in England to exclude children under the age of 12. This will be in line with the rest of the U.K.

Children are currently being sent to school, mixing with each other’s on a day to day basis and are at less risk than anyone else, we request that England have the same rule as Scotland and change the rule of 6 to exclude children under the age of 12. This will make it easier for larger families to see relatives.

Why it was rejected

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

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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

14 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Sep 2020

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