Rejected petition Make it illegal for schools to prohibit students from chewing gum.

It is scientifically proven chewing gum makes you concentrate better. In addition to this, it would stop students putting it under tables as they can just put it in the bin, this leading to a cleaner school.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This would be a decision for your school and not the UK Government or Parliament.

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

Date submitted 30 March 2019
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