Exempt children from the ‘Rule of six’ count in England too.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Scotland and Wales have the same ‘Rule if six’ yet the children under the age of 12 and 11 respectively are exempt from the count. It only makes sense to have the same rule in England.

Children are part of the same household as their parents, and should not be added to the count. Household is considered a unit when COVID-19 is identified and required to isolate as whole, so household should be counted as a unit in all other rules regarding minimising or risk of infection.

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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Make children exempt from coronavirus "rule of six"

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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.

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Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Sep 2020

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