Rejected petition Look at solutions for weddings to proceed to help businesses affected.

The wedding industry has been completely overlooked. Industry professionals who rely on weddings for income are suffering due to the postponement from many clients as a result of Covid-19. The situation needs to be addressed as many businesses, most of who are self employed are at risk of going bust

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Not just for business professionals but also couples who are looking to get married and their plans have been thrown into chaos. Many couples have booked weddings around availability of other guests, venues, suppliers etc.

This petition was rejected

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 are concerned about the wedding industry, but it's not clear what action you want the Government to take.

The Government has announced that small weddings and receptions are now able to take place: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships

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.

Date submitted 14 July 2020
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