Petition · past parliament

Provide oxygen, drugs and hospital ships to help India with its Covid crisis.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

India helped UK by supplying Covid vaccines so we must reciprocate by sending as much oxygen and drugs as can be spared by all possible means to help the people of India in their current crisis.
UK government is best placed to coordinate relief efforts on this scale

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase support for India in the Covid Crisis: Increase support for India in the Covid Crisis

Send excess equipment to countries in humanitarian covid crisis: Send excess equipment to countries in humanitarian covid crisis

Once priority groups in the UK are vaccinated redirect Covid-19 vaccines abroad: Once priority groups in the UK are vaccinated redirect Covid-19 vaccines abroad

You may be interested to know that on 25 April the Government announced that it was sending medical equipment to India to support the country in its fight against COVID-19: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sends-life-saving-medical-equipment-to-india

Timeline

25 Apr 2021 Petition opened for signatures
29 Apr 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Apr 2021

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