Petition · past parliament

change the car valeting business from being listed as car wash to tradesmen

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

During the current lockdown rules, my business has been told to close on the basis that I am classed as a car wash. Cleaners and tradesmen are ok to go into peoples homes, working on cohort groups but I am unable to sanitise a car, in the open air, zero contact and lone working
I am loosing out on a lot of money with no government help along the was as I don’t own a business premises and unable to claim funding putting a huge amount of strain to myself and family

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Car washes are on the list of businesses that have been required to close during the current lockdown, but car repair businesses are allowed to remain open.

If you want businesses providing certain services to be added to the list of businesses permitted to remain open you could start a petition requesting this, but it would need to be clear exactly what businesses you wanted to be allowed to remain open.

Timeline

7 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
14 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Jan 2021

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