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?
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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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.