Rejected petition Amend the discriminatory proposal to enforce self-isolation on citizens over 70.

Government should establish a scheme for voluntary self-isolation by those who consider themselves vulnerable on grounds of age or infirmity, while leaving fit 70-plus year-olds subject to the same rules as others and able to continue playing a part in the community, on their own responsibility.

More details

A very large number of citizens in their seventies are fit, healthy and actively working in paid employment or the voluntary sector, including as carers. The Health Secretary's declared intention to force them to stay at home for a period of months is irrational, discriminatory and unenforceable. Those in isolated communities would have difficulty in obtaining basic household supplies. It would cause immense disruption and be hugely expensive.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that everyone should stay at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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.

Date submitted 15 March 2020
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.