This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition To get more organisations using makaton to allow makaton users to communicate
Rejected on
To make makaton compulsory within the following places:
Restaurant/cafes
Youth group
Sport organisations
Shops
Schools
One supermarket has got a makaton board that enables makaton users to help their parents and carers complete the shopping stress free.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about what forms of speech to use in certain places, such as shops and restaurants, are a matter for their proprietors, not the Government or Parliament. We could accept a petition calling on the Government to require all educational staff to be trained in Makaton, if that's something you would like to happen.
As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.