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Allow soldiers to grow beards

Submitted on Wednesday 13th June 2018

Rejected on Monday 18th June 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Allow soldiers to grow beards

Petition Details

The British Army prides itself on being the most inclusive organisation on this island. Many soldiers are now asking for the rules to be changed to allow personnel to grow beards in conjunction with their fellow civilians. Senior Royal members are now following the right to grow. Also the navy?

Additional Information

1. Royal Navy allows it
2. Senior Royals agree
3. Special forces are allowed
4. Religious backgrounds allow it
5. Army regulations can change with trend
6. Other NATO countries allow it
7. Soldiers operating in a CBRN environment understand the procedure for fitting PPE


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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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