Rejected petition during the covid19 crisis - criminalise all forms of profiteering

make it clear that profoundly anti social exploitation of the current crisis in retail, finance or supply will not be tolerated by the British public and that punitive measures will be taken.

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because the current situation is being abused by suppliers of need and by financial instruments that are inappropriate when the economy is under such extreme stress.

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.

We understand that you are concerned about individuals and businesses using the current outbreak to profiteer, but it's not clear what actions you want the Government to criminalise.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Make it illegal to sell products above the RRP: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306433

Restrict people stockpiling and reselling items at inflated prices: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303070

If there are other activities you want the Government to prevent, or make criminal, you could start a new petition stating clearly what these are.

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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

Date submitted 2 April 2020
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