Petition · past parliament

Parliament debate on the Right of Reply of people attacked in daily newspapers

Closed 31 signatures

What the petition asks

It is intolerable and unfair that individuals attacked and criticised in the daily newspapers in the UK are not presently afforded the Right of Reply in said newspapers.
I feel it is deemed necessary to debate whether individuals attacked in the UK mass media should be afforded an automatic Right of Reply to respond and the editors of the relevant newspapers should be made by law to publish those individuals replies with space afforded equal to the column size of the original articles which attacked them.

Timeline

28 Sep 2018 Petition opened for signatures
28 Mar 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 31
Status Closed
Opened 28 Sep 2018
Closed 28 Mar 2019

Follow this petition

Sign in to get an email when the government responds, a debate is scheduled or held, or the petition closes.

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