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RIOTS: Petition to ban wearing of face coverings such as hoods & bandanas in public

Submitted on Tuesday 9th August 2011

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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RIOTS: Petition to ban wearing of face coverings such as hoods & bandanas in public

Additional Information

Petition to ban the sale, distribution, possession and and wearing of rioter's face coverings such as bandanas and hooded jackets ("hoodies").

Furthermore that possession of such items in public be treated as "going equipped", in the same way that persons carrying screwdrivers are considered to be "going equipped" for burglary.

Furthermore that police be given powers to permanently seize, without compensation, such items found being worn in public.


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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.

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