Petition · past parliament
Stop shops/online retailers incentivising people to have a vaccine.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Introduce a bill to make it illegal for shops, resturants, supermarkets, and any other retail or entertainment venue, including online retail, to coerce, encourage, or promote the taking of a vaccine in exchange for loyalty points, cash, discounts, or membership benefits.
Making a decision to take any sort of medication, including vaccines, needs to be a considered effort unfettered by the promise of financial incentives and/or rewards. We must be free to think through such a choice without emotional persuasion.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about whether to offer discounts or other rewards to people are a matter for individual businesses, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to outlaw discrimination on the basis of vaccination status, so that businesses are not allowed to treat people differently on the basis of whether they have been vaccinated.
Decisions about whether to offer discounts or other rewards to people are a matter for individual businesses, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to outlaw discrimination on the basis of vaccination status, so that businesses are not allowed to treat people differently on the basis of whether they have been vaccinated.
Timeline
| 2 Oct 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Oct 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Oct 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.