Petition · past parliament

Abolish prescription charges for English people.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

To give English people equality within this United Kingdom it is only fair that we have free prescriptions as we are the only nation within the union that currently pays for them.

How can we be united if we are not equal?

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Abolish charge for doctors prescriptions for working people.

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Timeline

10 Sep 2015 Petition opened for signatures
17 Sep 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Sep 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.