stop paying benefits to people in Polygamous marriages

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Polygamous marriages are illegal under UK law and should not be recognised no matter the person's background. and they should not be funded by the British people

Polygamous marriages legally performed in another country where the law allows it is legally recognised for the purposes of welfare benefits, but not for pension, immigration or citizenship purposes. It is unofficially believed that there are up to 20,000 polygamous marriages in the Muslim community of the U.K.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not what specific action you'd like.

The 2010 Government decided that the Universal Credit rules would not recognise additional partners in polygamous relationships. We're not sure what more you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

You might be interested in this House of Commons briefing paper on Polygamy:

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05051

Timeline

2 Dec 2017	Petition opened for signatures
8 Dec 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Dec 2017

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