Petition · past parliament

Open a public enquiry into the Governments handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

A public enquiry is needed to investigate the gross mismanagement of awarding PPE contracts to newly formed companies, sending vulnerable people back into care homes without testing, implementing lockdown too late, the testing farces and millions wasted on track and trace.
Someone should be held accountable for the impact these decisions have made on the general population. Lives have been destroyed because those in power have not listened to advice quickly enough or used information on trends from other countries to establish a plan. The UK is the worst affected country in Europe despite having 2-3 weeks of seeing what was happening in other countries.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Public inquiry into Covid-19 pandemic immediately with the aim of saving lives

Timeline

18 Oct 2020 Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Nov 2020

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