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BAN all face coverings in public without exception other than verified medical

Submitted on Tuesday 4th November 2025

Rejected on Thursday 4th December 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

BAN all face coverings in public without exception other than verified medical

Petition Details

To ban all face coverings in public without exception other than verified medical reasons.
To be made Illegal to conceal your identity in public and enforce removal of all face coverings including those claiming to be for religious reasons to ensure public safety and ability to identify criminals

Additional Information

Face coverings are being used to intimidate and to conceal identities of those with malicious/ criminal intent. They also render facial recognition useless. Face coverings including those being used for religious reason have no place in society and have become a means used to embolden criminal activity and has enabled criminality and intimidation to escalate with impunity. Streets are now unsafe and police are unable to identify perpetrators. They are even saying " no face no case"


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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, which calls for the same action: "Make face coverings illegal" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749103

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