Have your say on government e-petitions

Make balaclavas and face coverings in public illegal.

Submitted on Saturday 31st May 2025

Rejected on Monday 23rd June 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make balaclavas and face coverings in public illegal.

Petition Details

Ban them. Make them a criminal offence in public. for no apparent reason.

Additional Information

Because identity of criminals could be hiding behind the mask or anyone, it might also hide the identity of a criminal or person that has commited a first crime or someone breaking the law actively...


You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

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 the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Prohibit the wearing of all full-face coverings in public spaces
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/723131

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

216.73.217.50 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:16:36 +0100