Petition · past parliament
Allow parents to remove children from school for holiday for max 2 weeks a year.
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
To take this burden away from schools and courts but allow parents to remove children for either a two week holiday or two one week holidays per year but not directly near exam time. Also to reduce the cost of holidays but also improve tourism throughout the year
Save the courts and councils time enforcing something they clearly are having trouble doing and wasting tax payers money fighting tax payers
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 31 Jan 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.