Rejected petition Shut down construction sites They are not key workers

Rejected on 27 March 2020

Construction workers are not classed as key workers.
Its extremely difficult to work 2m apart on a site due to specific technical tasks
Some sites have hundreds of contractors working at the same time on the same site
Parliament need to re-consider their decision on this.

To prevent the spread of coronavirus by shutting down construction sites
They are not key workers

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/308933

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