This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Fines for public spitting in all of the U.K.
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Issue heavy fines for spitting in public areas. In particular, walkways, shopping areas, children related areas and shared spaces.
Spitting is an act of choice and where it takes places needs to be reviewed. With Covid-19 now in our environment, it is really important that the act of spitting is controlled publicly all over the U.K. with consequences for those that do not wish to conform.
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.
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You might like to sign the following petition:
Make spitting in the street illegal
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/567966We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.