Petition · past parliament

Take urgent measures to address racist/hate crime post EU referendum results

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

In the days following the EU referendum there have been reports of an increase in racist incidents thought to be linked to the result. This is unacceptable. We ask the Government to take necessary measures to protect all members of our society and stop the spread of such toxic attitudes/behaviour

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

27 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
14 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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