Petition · past parliament

Regulate political advertising to stop voters being lied to and misled

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Since 1999, political advertising has been excluded from the Advertising Standards Authority and is totally unregulated.
Although the Neill Committee recommended that political parties establish a code, this never happened and unfounded claims and promises are made without any accountability.
https://www.asa.org.uk/News-resources/Media-Centre/2016/Political-advertising-complaints.aspx#.V3A_rPR4XCQ

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

26 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jul 2016

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