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Rejected petition Allow wedding receptions to go ahead with social distancing measures in place.

Allow wedding receptions to go ahead with social distancing measures.
- Wedding breakfasts
- Speeches
- Celebrate the marriage of a wedding with friends and family
- Allow this to happen in a socially distanced way

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The wedding industry has suffered tremendously during the lockdown. The lifting of restrictions to allow people to marry is a good start but this does nothing for the industry for venues, venue dressers, cake makers, photographers and many more suppliers.

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Since you started your petition the Government has announced that from 1 August, small wedding receptions will be able to take place. The Government's guidance states that this means sit-down meals for no more than 30 people, subject to COVID-19 Secure guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships

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 find 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/

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