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Rejected petition: Air conditioning for all public spaces, schools Closure in a heatwave

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If the building has no air conditioning in all spaces, it should not open in a heatwave, such as schools, colleges, and places of employment, including public transport. This government needs to ensure the safety of all.

Closure of all schools and businesses due to a heat wave in the UK, with no air conditioning in rooms where people have to work and children who attend school.


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 the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Introduce national heatwave resilience strategy & legal protections
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770813

Legislate a statutory maximum temperature for classrooms and fund school cooling
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/774023

Create a legally enforceable maximum working temperature
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770354

Mandate working a/c and heating systems on all new public transport vehicles
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771285

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