Submitted on Thursday 13th October 2022
Rejected on Monday 24th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make period products be free in all workplaces
Period products should be free and accessible to all of those who require them, in all workplaces. They should be provided, free of charge in workplace bathrooms, and the barrier of payment should not be an issue that people have to face.
Period poverty is an issue that still affects over 1 million people across the UK, and impacts many factors of their lives. This includes being able to attend work or school. While period products are now free within schools, they are still not free in most workplaces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Nobody should be forced to miss work because of their period, or accessibility issues.
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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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Provision in workplaces is a matter for individual workplaces, but there is already a petition calling for free access to period products
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618799
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