Petition · past parliament

Increasingly restrictive measures being introduced without debate or discussion.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Restricting the liberty of large parts of the population without providing an adequate explanation/ evidence of the reasons why the measures are being introduced is undemocratic and violates human rights legislation.
Provide a comprehensive explanation of why rules are being introduced, the measures which are used and where levels of transmission etc need to drop to in order that the measures will be removed.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

28 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
5 Oct 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Oct 2020

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