Rejected petition Make it an offence to desecrate war memorials and flags of the United Kingdom

We would like the Government to pass a bill that makes it an offence to desecrate any war memorial or flags of the United Kingdom. This should carry a fixed sentence for anyone who shows contempt towards our memorials / flags

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The Government needs to protect our culture, heritage and identity.

We have all seen the recent criminal damage being caused across the UK during protests and making it an offence will help deter people from such behaviour and send out a clear signal that this will not be tolerated here in the UK.

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

Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814

Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545

Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326361

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Date submitted 11 June 2020
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