This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition In the event of implemented quarantine, cancel all bills and mortgage payments.
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In the event the government implement a countrywide quarantine to stop the spread of COVID_19, for the government to cancel all water, gas and electricity payments and mortgage payments.
People are going to be using more of these services due to being unable to leave the house and there seems to be know real explanations of what might happen regarding being payed by work. People may not be able to afford these payments on the statutory sick pay should companies choose not to pay their staff whilst not in work.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Suspending payments for council tax, mortgages, utilities and loans is a matter for individual councils, mortgage providers, utility providers and lenders, and not the UK Government or Parliament.
We have published a petition calling for the Government to introduce a Universal Basic Income to give people home and food security during the coronavirus outbreak: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284
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/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.