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This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament

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Rejected petition Police to investigate courier companies who are failing to deliver

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Make it mandatory that any Courier company's that loose parcels and make fraudulent claims that they have been delivered are investigated by the Police.

One company in particular EVRI (Hermes) has an alarming record of lost or stolen items many that end up being sold openly at markets. This should not be allowed to continue


Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about investigating and prosecuting alleged crimes are a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Regulate courier companies in the same way the Royal Mail is regulated by Ofcom: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632047

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