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Rejected petition Keep the Hospitality sector open over Christmas.

The hospitality sector have suffered another over the last 8 months.

It’s safer to go to a pub and restaurant than it is to do your weekly shop in a supermarket.

Hospitality sector is always complying with social distancing measures.

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Get Mark Drakeford and co to spend 1/2 hour in any supermarket and then 1/2 hour in the pub and tell the Welsh public which is safer.

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.

Another petition calling for this is already collecting signatures: Don't shut the Hospitality Sector (Pubs, Restaurants, Cafes) without providing scientific evidence https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244439

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Date submitted 27 November 2020
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