Rejected petition To provide assistance to PPE manufacturers within the UK.

Rejected on 21 July 2020

To petition the U.K. government to actively encourage the setting up and continuation of UK companies to manufacture P.P.E. within the UK, to UK health and safety standards, to be able to respond proactively to future epidemics and pandemics.

The N.H.S. and private care staff have a right to adequate protection at the point of care, and we, as a nation, have a right to expect the U.K. manufacturing sector to produce it, to the highest standards.

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you want the Government to take action in relation to the UK manufacture of PPE, but it's not clear exactly what action you want the Government to take.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Set up nationalised manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/317513

Make stockpiling PPE law in case of future pandemics: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314100

If you wanted to the Government to provide financial support to UK manufacturers of PPE due to the Covid-19 outbreak you could start a petition requesting that.

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 find 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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.