reinstate and reinforce sedition as a criminal offence

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Sedition was a common law offence in the UK. ... In 1977, a Law Commission working paper recommended that the common law offence of sedition in England and Wales be abolished. They said that they thought that this offence was redundant and that it was not necessary to have any offence of sedition...

In 1977, a Law Commission working paper recommended that the common law offence of sedition in England and Wales be abolished. They said that they thought that this offence was redundant and that it was not necessary to have any offence of sedition.[41] However this proposal was not implemented until 2009, when sedition and seditious libel (as common law offences) were abolished by section 73 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

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 sure what acts you would like to be covered by this new lawThe 1977 Law Commission report found that "[t]here is probably no offence properly described as "sedition" in English law" and " there is likely to be a sufficient range of other offences covering conduct amounting to sedition".

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Timeline

11 Oct 2019	Petition opened for signatures
14 Oct 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Oct 2019

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