Petition · past parliament

Do not exempt Pandemic Influenza virus vaccines from UKGov compensation scheme

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Change compensation and liability rules so that all vaccine manufacturers are held responsible for safety and that compensation must be paid to all vaccine injured and deceased parties from the manufacturer and not the tax payer. Without exemption. This includes vaccine for Pandemics.
Vaccines covering pandemics currently are exempt from liability and compensation. This should not be the case. All Vaccines must be treated the same when it comes to compensation. Even vaccines used in pandemics, war and emergencies

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure whether you want pandemic vaccines to be includes or excluded from the Government scheme.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

15 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
8 Oct 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Oct 2020

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