Rejected petition Collaborate with the British government so that welsh Covid-19 responses are in line with English.

Wales needs to stop playing politics and work with the British government for regulations on Covid. The regulations are confusing enough without the added conundrum of being different from England. This difference in legislation makes it very unnecessarily difficult for most businesses who operate across this border and also for the many families that have relatives in England.

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Wales needs to stop playing politics and work with the British government for regulations on Covid. The regulations are confusing enough without the added conundrum of being different from England. makes it very difficult for most businesses who operate across this border and all families that have relatives in England.
It’s time the Welsh government started thinking more about the mental health and well-being of the population, and the economy than their own politics. It’s easy to play politics when you get your money from central government, but not fair on the people. To us, the population, this is not about politics, this is about our quality of life now. Health includes mental health as well as physical well-being.
The science behind the decisions is not different between Wales and England, except that several areas of Wales have a FAR LOWER infection rate and death rate than most of England.

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, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

The Petitions Committee has recently considered a petition on this issue: https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/200023

Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here: https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=28917&Opt=3

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Date submitted 31 October 2020
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