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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Strip Sir Philip Nigel Ross Green of his Knighthood

In the time Sir Philip Green has owned BHS, he has gained a number of debts through his company and upon selling BHS for just £1 has collecting £100m's in dividends.

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Sir Philip Green is known for his ownership of British Home Stores(BHS) he is known for been involved in tax avoidance schemes, claims which surfaced from 2005 on wards. He is more recently(In 2015) known to have sold BHS for just £1. BHS has debts totaling £1.3bn which includes a pensions deficit of £571m. Sir Philip Green and his family collected £586m in dividends. This in turn has left 11,000 now looking for alternative employment

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