This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stricter Covid-19 Lockdown Rules with tougher penalties and monitoring.
We have now been on lockdown since 23/03 and a proportion of the population is not adhering to the lockdown. This attitude is demoralising for the people that are following the rules and will take longer to contain the spread of the virus.
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It's now time for the government to step up its efforts firstly by making rules clearer on what is acceptable travel and applying the following:
1) Increase the penalty fine from £60 to £600
2) Road blocks and check points to verify reason of travel
3) Ask for proof of essential travel unless person is a key worker
4) Fine Parents of youngsters flaunting the rules.
5) Armed Forces deployed to support Police in areas where the lockdown is not adhered.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government is responsible for setting regulations in relation to the coronavirus lockdown, and associated penalties, but enforcing these is a matter for the police and courts, not the Government or House of Commons.
Since you started your petition the Government has increased the penalties for breaking the law or refusing to follow a police direction: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do#enforcement
We have also published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Increase fines for breaking Covid-19 regulations to £1000 for first offense: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320026
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.