Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition The nation sings Jerusalem at 1600 hours every day

Suggest that, in keeping with a need for national unity and community solidarity at this difficult time, that a communal sing song would be a jolly good way to keep up spirts

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Because we are facing a national crisis, many people are in isolation and feeling dislocated.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government and Parliament is responsible for. This does not include leading the nation in song.

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

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
 
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
 
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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