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Ban face-concealing garments, hats and other coverings.

Submitted on Thursday 11th August 2011

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban face-concealing garments, hats and other coverings.

Additional Information

Make it a criminal offence to produce, sell or wear hoods, caps, scarves or other headgear which, if worn, may conceal the wearer's identity, unless it is to be worn for a specific and legal purpose (motor-cycling helmets, protective masks, goggles, at the time of actual need only) Accepted established cultural head-coverings to be exempt.


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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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