This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Do not spend £500 million on the reintroduction of blue passports
Following the country's departure from the EU, we feel that the reintroduction of blue passports is an irresponsible use of public money, especially as we have no new trade deals at this time.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The UK passport is routinely redesigned every five years to guard against counterfeiting. The Government is launching the procurement process now to ensure there is sufficient time to produce and design UK passports from 2019 when the current contract ends. The contract covers design, print, assembly and personalisation of passports.
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