Rejected petition Mandate that the Welsh Sened conduct a referendum on the 20mph speed limit law.

Rejected on 30 October 2023

Since the Sened is representing neither the will or interests of the people of Wales, it is appropriate for the British government to step in and mandate that the Welsh government conduct a referendum of its constituents on the 20mph speed limit and abide by the results of that referendum.

The Welsh Sened’s role is to represent the will and interests of the people of Wales. The new default 20mph speed limit across Wales achieves neither. Polling by YouGov shows 61% of Wales oppose the change and 459,000 people have signed a petition for repeal and been ignored.

The estimated cost of this change (£4.5 Billion) doesn’t account for hidden costs to logistics and public transport sectors. The benefits? Far too few.

This change is not in our interests and verifiably against our will.

Why was this petition rejected?

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

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about speed limits in Wales are a matter for the Welsh Government and Senedd, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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

Amend the devolution settlement for Wales to remove powers over speed limits: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/647178

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