Strip Sir Philip Nigel Ross Green of his Knighthood

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

In the time Sir Philip Green has owned BHS, he has gained a number of debts through his company and upon selling BHS for just £1 has collecting £100m's in dividends.

Sir Philip Green is known for his ownership of British Home Stores(BHS) he is known for been involved in tax avoidance schemes, claims which surfaced from 2005 on wards. He is more recently(In 2015) known to have sold BHS for just £1. BHS has debts totaling £1.3bn which includes a pensions deficit of £571m. Sir Philip Green and his family collected £586m in dividends. This in turn has left 11,000 now looking for alternative employment

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

We can't accept petitions asking for people's honours to be taken away. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:

https://www.gov.uk/honours

Timeline

2 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
3 Jun 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Jun 2016

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