Schools break up early, allowing 2 week isolation before Christmas socialising

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Allow schools to finish early in December 2020. This will allow children to isolate for 2 weeks before mixing with vulnerable family members.

This will keep family members safer when mixing at Christmas. It will help slow the spread of COVID, and stop a bigger spike after Christmas. If children (who often don’t show symptoms), can finish the school term 2 weeks before we are allowed to bubble in houses of 3.

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: Implement a two week school lockdown before 24 December to save Christmas

MPs will debate the impact of Covid-19 on schools and exams, including the request of this debate, on Monday 7 December.

You'll be able to watch the debate live on Parliament TV at 6pm: https://parliamentlive.tv/Commons

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Dec 2020

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