Rejected petition Remove children under 12 from the Rule of 6 coronavirus restrictions in England.

The new restrictions only allowing a maximum of 6 to meet anywhere will make it really difficult for any families with young children to meet anyone else. The Scottish government has taken this into account. We want the English government to follow suit and not include under 12s in the 'Rule of 6'.

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It will make life very difficult for any family with young children to see their family, wm Children are less affected by coronavirus and science is showing they spread the virus less, and as a lot of these children are already mixing with many others at school/childcare it is crazy that they can't see family due to an arbitrary limit. Family support is even more vital in times such as this pandemic and this restriction severely limits the help available to families with young children.

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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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Date submitted 12 September 2020
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