Petition · past parliament

Scrap the 5p bag charge on sanitary items.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Why should women pay a fortune for sanitary items, VAT on them and now have to pay an additional 5p when 'caught out'? Let us walk back to our cars/offices/homes with them tucked inside a free carrier bag for discreetness.

Why it was rejected

It was created under a fake or incomplete name.

Timeline

9 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
13 Oct 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Oct 2015

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