Petition · past parliament

stop foreign tourists from entering the UK without health insurance

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Our NHS can no longer sustain such misuse of funds by paying for people who have not contributed and are therefore not entitled to be treated in our cash strapped NHS Just because a person has decided to travel to our country without any form of health insurance british taxpayer are not responsible
the solution to this problem is quite simple, Anyone entering our country must provide proof of an insurance policy on arrival at border control, NO insurance, NO entry.
This would be even easier if the person buying the ticket also had to buy insurance at the same time, NO insurance, NO ticket.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

5 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
7 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Feb 2017

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