Rejected petition Request the EU for an agreement to extend the transition period for one year.

Avoid business, the Civil Service and individuals having to manage two unprecedented transformations simultaneously.

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Coronavirus is going to place an unprecedented strain on people and institutions. They will have to transform their workings, suffer unpredictable consequences and then rebuild.

Brexit will need will need us also to adapt, sometimes substantially, and these changes will have nothing to do with those required by dealing with Coronavirus.

Both Brexit and Coronavirus should receive our full attention, and need to be separated by a reasonable period of time

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 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/coronavirus

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