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Make burning and desecration of the Union Flag (Union Jack) illegal.

Submitted on Monday 8th June 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 5th August 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make burning and desecration of the Union Flag (Union Jack) illegal.

Petition Details

Make desecration of the Union Flag (Union Jack) in public a criminal offence.

Make it a violation to intentionally destroy, damage, or mutilate the flag in public.

Additional Information

The Union Flag (Union Jack) represents our country. It is part of our heritage and represents every single one of us. It is the most inclusive flag we have and is our national identity.

Many countries round the world like; South Korea, Germany, Italy, France, New Zealand, Switzerland, Portugal - have all made burning their national flags an offence, resulting in imprisonment or fines.

Desecration of our flag is one of the most disrespectful acts anyone could do and should be outlawed.


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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.

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 calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545

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