Petition · past parliament

Save Our Remembrance Day Parades.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Changes in police policy threatens the majority of our Remembrance Day parades and could cease to take place.The police will no longer provide manpower to close roads for these parades. Local communities now have to provide their own traffic management which costs thousands of pounds for each event
This seriously devalues the ultimate sacrifice that our service men and woman have made to preserve our freedom. 
This should be a civic event that the government should fully support, as we approach the 100th anniversary of the end of the 1st world war. We now find ourselves having to fund raise to provide traffic management due to the change in police policy . What sort of message are we sending to the youth of today. If one thing should be set in stone it should be remembering the fallen.


Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This is the responsibility of local police forces and local councils. If you are concerned about decisions taken by the police in your local area, you could contact your local elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). You can find your local PCC using this page:

https://www.police.uk/

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to provide specific funding to police forces or local councils to support Remembrance Day parades.

Timeline

11 Jan 2017 Petition opened for signatures
23 Jan 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Jan 2017

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