Submitted on Saturday 7th March 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 7th April 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Write a law so a referendum must be held before the Equality Act can be scrapped
We wish for a law to be created so that before any moves can be made to scrap the Equality Act, this must go to the public in the form of a referendum beforehand.
The Equality Act forms the centrepiece of the Equalities landscape and framework in this country. This keeps us on a level playing field Equalities wise with other 21st century western democracies. A referendum will act as a fail safe in that this action could not happen without the approval (by a vote) from the general public.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions that ask for actions within the powers of the UK Government or Parliament.
Parliament cannot pass a law that restricts how a future Parliament might legislate. A future Parliament could therefore repeal or bypass any law that purported to require a referendum before the Equalities Act was repealed.
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