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Rejected petition Allow supermarkets to sell "non-essential" items during tier 4 lockdown

Supermarkets and other essential retailers are being banned from selling nonessential items in this Tier 4 lockdown. It’s almost Christmas and this lockdown was sprung on people with very little notice. Payday is 23 or 24/12 for many people so they now cannot buy presents.

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 is already considering a petition on this issue: Allow supermarkets to sell "non-essential" items during lockdown https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244282

This petition was debated by the Senedd on 11 November 2020 and further consideration will be given by the Petitions Committee.

You may also be interested in this petition:
Allow the shops that can open to sell toys for Christmas
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244551

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Date submitted 19 December 2020
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