Petition · past parliament

Stop all anonymous telephone calls and ban virtual telephone numbers.

Closed 55 signatures

What the petition asks

Householders across the UK are plagued by unsolicited telephone calls, which are increasingly automated. The majority of these calls arise from either with-held numbers or virtual numbers.
The Government should make it illegal for Telephone Service Providers to pass on such telephone calls.
It is a simple matter for telephone service providers to identify both of these types of call and to prevent them from being put through to households; indeed, some companies will do this, at a price; effectively colluding with the "cold callers" to increase telephone service provider profits.
It is difficult to imagine a legal need for anyone to with-hold their telephone number or to pretend that they are calling from somewhere else, both of which actions are a deception.

Timeline

25 Oct 2017 Petition opened for signatures
25 Apr 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 55
Status Closed
Opened 25 Oct 2017
Closed 25 Apr 2018

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