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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Fairness for tradesmen during this Coronavirus lockdown

Put construction/tradesman in the non essential category

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Why isn’t construction workers on lock down? We have more than 50 people on some sites, I believe it will help to slow down the spread along with other non essential workers

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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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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Shutdown all construction sites with more than 50 workers due to COVID19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305035

Close construction sites because of Covid19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308933

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

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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/

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