Rejected petition: Make it a criminal offence to desecrate the Union flag.
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We want parliament to pass legislation to punish anyone desecrating or disrespecting the Union flag, our National Flag. We want to see fines of £1000 and prison sentences of 30 days.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/719227
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.