Legislate for government bodies to be liable for adverse health policy outcomes.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a law that conveys liability, on ministers, members of government advisory bodies, and other health policy contributors, for foreseeable adverse health policy outcomes, to be adjudicated by a new independent office for health policy outcomes, which accepts submissions from the general public.

The government’s COVID health policies have shown that executive bodies – the UK government, the Scottish & Welsh assemblies – have overlooked data to persist health policies which remove freedoms from UK citizens.
Liabilities for foreseeable adverse outcomes should include, but not be limited to, death, bankruptcy, injury, loss of bodily autonomy.
Penalties for proven liability should include, but not be limited to, criminal & civil prosecution (via CPS), permanent barring from public office.

Why it was rejected

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

We understand you're concerned about the impact of Government policies on public health, however it's not clear how this liability would be determined or proven, nor which Ministerial decisions would lead to which penalty.

You could have a petition calling on the Government to create a new criminal offence of knowingly implementing policies which would result in negative health outcomes, if that is something you'd like to see happen. Alternatively, you could have a petition calling for the Government to review offences related to misconduct in public office.

Timeline

25 Jan 2022	Petition opened for signatures
3 Feb 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Feb 2022

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