This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Get us back fishing
Allow the angling community to fish providing the correct covid guidelines are met and no matches are participated in.. angling helps alot of people with mental health challenges, also this is segregated and people from different households are alot more than 2 meters apart from each other.
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Allow the angling community to fish providing the correct covid guidelines are met and no matches are participated in.. angling helps alot of people with mental health challenges and this is segregated and people from different households are way apart from each other.
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Under the national lockdown effective from January 6th, angling and fishing are still permitted activities, as long as wider guidance on social distancing and household mixing is adhered to. See Sport England's website for more information:
https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/coronavirus/return-play/frequently-asked-questions-national-lockdown-restrictions
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