This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Stop tax payer funded legal aid for non-UK citizens.
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Some law firms are funded by legal aid to bring prosecutions of British servicemen by citizens of countries we have been at war with.
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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107912
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