Petition · past parliament
Total lockdown to beat the virus
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
Close all non-essential shops, schools and force everyone to stay home. Promote online learning for school children and convince non-key workers to work from home. Keep essential shops open but encourage supporting small businesses by shopping online
Allowing people to go to school but not to meet up outside of school isn’t working to stop the virus. We need another national lockdown to make things better. Keeping one thing but taking everything else away will not work. We either need to be able to do everything or nothing. An in between is pointless, demonstrated by the recent rise in coronavirus cases (24,405 new cases, 274 new deaths and 1489 new hospital admissions).
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
On Wednesday 4 November, MPs voted to introduce a second national lockdown which therefore began today, Thursday 5 November, and is currently due to end on Wednesday 2 December: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november.
You could however sign this petition calling for schools to be re-closed due to a rise in Covid-19 cases: Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
You could however sign this petition calling for schools to be re-closed due to a rise in Covid-19 cases: Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 31 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Nov 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Nov 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.