This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Better clarify regarding Police powers granted from new coronavirus legislation.
Police forces are interpreting the new coronavirus rules differently, the legislation should be more precise about their powers. People are being summonsed to court for following government guidance. Different messages by various member of police and MP's have left the public confused.
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Michael Gove on 24/03 said on the news, that people could use their car to travel to an open space. New guidance on 27/03 states to use open spaces locally. The Police say driving for exercise if unnecessary. People are confused about what is allowed. Is using our car's to travel to parks locally unnecessary travel? People from the same household going to the shops. The legislation does not state this is forbidden and feel the police are using overzealous actions. Police are loosing public trust
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Since you started your petition the Government has updated the regulations setting out restrictions on activity during the coronavirus outbreak and issued new guidance for the public.
Enforcing the regulations is a matter for the police, and the National Police Chiefs Council and College of Policing has published guidance for the police on the new regulations that apply in England: https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/COVID-19/understanding-the-law/Documents/Health-Protection-Regulations-Amendments-England-changes-130520.pdf
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 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/
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