Petition · past parliament

Exclude women's sanitary products from taxation

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The House of Commons has recently declined the proposal to exempt women's sanitary products from taxation, tampons are not a luxury! How are pita breads and Jaffa cakes tax free as they are classed as an essential item, but women's sanitary products are a choice for women to buy? This is wrong!

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

29 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
1 Nov 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Nov 2015

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