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Petition · past parliament

Make sanitary products free for those earning below the National living wage.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products (amongst other resources) due to financial restrictions. With an average of 450 periods in a lifetime, no woman should have to endure the stress and humiliation of handling a period without the suitable hygienic resources.

Why it was rejected

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

Make female sanitary products free and to be paid for by the government.

Timeline

18 Jul 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 Aug 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Aug 2019

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