This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop builders merchants remaining opening during COVID-19. Lives over profit.
Builder merchant staff are NOT front-line staff. Stop builders merchants like Travis Perkins, Jewsons etc, from staying open to profit from the sudden influx of builders stockpiling building materials during COVID-19. Staying open is putting staff (and their families) lives at unnecessary risk.
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Builders merchants have written to the Secretary of State asking if they can stay open to protect the infrastructure of the country. But builders will be self-isolating so no work will be taking place. Please stop builders merchants from attempting to profit from builders stockpiling, send workers home safely to their families and stop the spread. Builders merchants are not front-line staff. Stop builders merchants putting lives unnecessarily in danger. Lives over profit.
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Since you started your petition the Government has required all retail, with notable exceptions, to close. Builders merchants are not excepted, so have been required to close, although businesses have been encouraged to take orders online or by telephone: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close-guidance
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 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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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