Classify gyms as Essential Businesses during the second lockdown

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Gyms, movement studios, swimming pools are allowing people to work out and keep our mental health in check. Just as food vendors are classed as essential businesses for physical health, gyms provide the same for mental health and should be classified the same way.

A second national lockdown is imposed to help slow the rate of COVID-19 spreading beyond the NHS's capacity to cope with cases. However, closing gyms, pools, dance and yoga studios is going to cause a mental health crisis that will be as detrimental to the NHS and will cause an overload of mental health patients needing to be dealt with over the Christmas 2020 and in to 2021 period. Classifying gyms as Essential Businesses under mental health reasons would save so many people.

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 some of these petitions:

Keep gyms and leisure facilities open during any lockdown: Keep gyms and leisure facilities open during any lockdown

Prevent gyms closing due to a spike in Covid 19 cases: Prevent gyms closing due to a spike in Covid 19 cases

The Committee will be holding a debate on Covid-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday 23 November. You will be able to watch the debate on Parliament TV at 4.30pm: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons

Timeline

1 Nov 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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