Petition · past parliament

Keep the hair and beauty industry open as an essential business through lockdown

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Recognise the hair and beauty industry as essential businesses,
Keep us open and let us trade through lockdown.
We contribute 6.6 billion per annum to the economy,
We have followed guidelines wearing full PPE for all treatments, customers wear mask for treatments, cleaning and sanitising in between each customer
As a hairdresser within the industry i know how much my customers rely on being able to come and have treatments done not only for vanity but for sanity.
Mental health has grown bigger every year and we are part of helping those people talk about what’s going on at home or work or about life.

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:

Do not require salons to close due to Covid-19: Do not require salons to close due to Covid-19

Keep the beauty industry open: Keep the beauty industry open

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Nov 2020

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