This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop water being Traded on the Stock Market
I would like you to help stop the trade of water as a commodity.
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I don't want water being used as a trading commodity as I believe no-one should control access to water. Having large corporations controlling access to water will lead to deprivation in certain places, pollution in others and violence as people try to protect their access to their own water supplies from the corporations or groups trying to claim it.
Everyone should have access to free water it is a basic human right.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government is not responsible for what stocks are able to be bought and sold on the stock exchange, or for how companies operate in water market outside of the UK. The London Stock Exchange is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
The UK Government is responsible for setting the rules that apply to the UK's water market, and we have published the following related petitions, which you might like to sign:
Nationalise water companies: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548586
Stop water company monopoly - Extend competition to the residential water market: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334537
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.