Petition · past parliament

This is not fair for hospitality businesses in Kent area

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Reconsider tier system in Kent area and block the sheppey crossing. Because the most Cases are in isle of sheppey . It might stop spreading the virus .
In Kent area apart from the isle of sheppey cases are below average. Government can reconsider their tier system decision in local Kent area

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: Apply a more localised lockdown tier structure for Kent

We also couldn't publish a petition that contained false or unproven statements about Covid-19 infection rates. There are several parts of Kent that have higher than average Covid-19 infection rates, and it is not true to say that most cases of Covid-19 are on the Isle of Sheppey.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Dec 2020

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