Petition · past parliament

Publicise UK government's evidence of Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Also evidence of chemical weapon production or storage facilities controlled or authorised by the Syrian President since 2002 to present day.

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.

The Prime Minister made a statement to the House of Commons on Monday 16 April about the UK's Government's actions in Syria. You can read the statement, and the Prime Minister's answers to questions from MPs, here:

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-04-16/debates/92610F86-2B91-4105-AE8B-78D018453D1B/Syria

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Timeline

14 Apr 2018 Petition opened for signatures
19 Apr 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Apr 2018

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