Rejected petition Force a vote in the commons on the huge increase in probate fees.

The government proposes to dramatically increase probate fees by means of a Statutory Instrument. By describing the increases as fees they do not have to be included in the Finance Bill, debated and voted on. Vince Cable has described this as a tax increase by stealth. Lets support him and other MPs

This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232192

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 February 2019
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.