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Delay the Brexit and Focus all government efforts on Corona virus crisis.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

After many failures from the current UK government in the handling of the Corona virus - to name a couple, PPE provision for the care workers and test and trace, It is not wise to add more chaos with Brexit scheduled for the end of 2020.
We need all efforts turn on the sanitary crisis.
As a nation, we are not containing Corona virus propagation like New Zealand. We have mainly seen incompetence in the handling. It is not enough to clap for care workers and not provide them the minimum protection (PPE) and assurance (regular tests) to do their front line work.
As a nation, we don't have humane or economic resources to manage 2 crisis. Let us deal one crisis at a time.

Why it was rejected

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

The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

To Seek a 1 year Extension to the Brexit Transition Period & a Second Referendum: To Seek a 1 year Extension to the Brexit Transition Period & a Second Referendum

Rule out ending the transition period without a deal: Rule out ending the transition period without a deal

We could accept a new petition calling for the Government to seek an extension to the transition period, provided it requested an action that is distinct to the above petitions.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Oct 2020

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