Rejected petition Suspend Brexit negotiations and divert resources to tackling COVID-19 pandemic

Given the potential scale of disruption caused by tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be damaging to the UK economy and people's lives to continue with Brexit negotiations.

If this requires an extension, this should be sought as soon as possible.

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The scale of the changes being talked about as part of the Brexit negotiations are not compatible with the safe handling of the potential disruption that could be caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

To avoid any unnecessary economic impact or unnecessary loss of life, we would like the Government to focus the resources currently dedicated to Brexit negotiations to the handling of the pandemic.

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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 the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300412.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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Date submitted 9 March 2020
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