Rejected petition To make burning of the Union Jack / our national flag illegal.

To make burning of the Union Jack / our nation flag by any parties illegal for which the person/persons would receive a prison sentence.

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We currently have no law in the U.K. regarding burning of the Union Jack / our nation flag and as this is becoming more common the law needs to change.

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.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545

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

Date submitted 20 June 2020
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