This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Make it a legal requirement to ask permission to change any UK flag on uniforms
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Petition to make it a legal requirement to ask government and royal permission to change any UK flag on uniforms and kit representing the UK.
Due to the recent changes to the Union Flag, for sports teams (England football and Team GB), the petitioned legislation will remove the commercial companies having control over changing national flags of the UK.
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 sports kits are a matter for sports associations, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.