Petition · past parliament

Re-open place of worship during this lockdown

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government have advised that place of worship should be closed again during this lockdown. Majority of Places of worship since reopening have deployed social distancing policies and complied with all covid measures such as sanitize, no interaction in with other member's and track & trace.
I urge the government to reconsider especially with them leaving schools/colleges open.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Places of worship are able to remain open for independent prayer, funerals or funeral commemorative events, to broadcast an act of worship, to provide essential voluntary services or urgent public support services, for registered childcare, and to host permitted gatherings: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november

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

Allow corporate worship and congregational singing at places of worship: Allow corporate worship and congregational singing at places of worship

Timeline

1 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 Nov 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Nov 2020

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