Rejected petition Junk mail

More details

Introduce a blanket ban on unsolicited delivery of junk mail, leaflets, flyers and other hand-delivered items which are not addressed to the householder by name and where no postal fee has been paid to Royal Mail.

An opt-in could be made available for those who enjoy these types of items.

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.

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

Date submitted 6 August 2011
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.