Rejected petition Enforce retailers to limit the number of items customers can purchase.

Rejected on 20 March 2020

Shelves in shops are being stripped by panic buyers making it near impossible for most to buy even the most basic of items. As most retailers are not acting responsibly, they should be enforced to take action to limit the number of any 1 item customers can purchase to no more than 2.

Panic buyers are making the Covid-19 pandemic much worse than it needs to be; adding additional problems to an already worrying time. It's important that everyone is able to access all of the items they need yet many retailers have not been quick to act responsibly or attempt to restore calm. Therefore, I believe the government needs to step in temporarily to take action.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300766

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