Rejected petition Immediate temporary retirement on full pay to those with chronic lung conditions

Rejected on 25 March 2020

Anyone with a preexisting chronic lung condition is immediately granted temporary retirement on full pay for the duration chosen by the Government.

To protect the elderly vulnerable citizens in the UK

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not quite sure what you want the Government to do. It's not clear if you want the Government to extend the State Pension to people with certain lung conditions who are below pension age, for a fixed period, or to pay these people their full wages during any period in which they can't work.

We have already published petitions calling on the Government to:

Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301652

Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345

If these petitions don't do what you want, you could start a new petition explaining more clearly what you want the Government or Parliament to do.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.