Rejected petition Change The "Rule Of 6" Law. The number is arbitrary.

About 5,732,000 Households in the UK have 4+ Family members and 597,000 families have about 6+ People.
Approximately 50% of Southern Asian (notably Pakistani and Bangladeshi) families have 4+ people in their Household, whereas the average white family has about 2.

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The Government need to change it so that it doesn’t affect the lives of millions. At the very least children 12 years and under should be exempt from the rule.
Let’s change this unnecessary rule of 6 and protect our basic Human rights to meet friends and families whenever we want.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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

You want the 'rule of six' to be changed, but you don't specify what you want it to be changed to.

You may like to sign the following petition which calls for the under-12s to be exempt from the rule of six: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550731.

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Date submitted 15 September 2020
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