This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Personal Care business to be made exempt from further lockdowns in the UK
For the personal care sector throughout the UK to be en essential service and be made exempt from further forced closures due to lockdowns.
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Within the personal care industry, hygiene levels are always set at 110% regardless of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, which have now been tripled by 300% with PPE, sterilising and population control.
The public have stressed how important time with your personal care therapist is surrounding mental health - time with your therapist is proven to release stress.
The personal care industry is the only industry, that cannot continue to trade online or by means of a takeaway service.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555408
If you want particular businesses that are not covered by the above petition to be exempted from future lockdowns, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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