Petition · past parliament

Revoke trading license of businesses that have deliberately hiked their prices

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

As the Corona virus brings the country to a stand still and in one of the most improvised borough’s Tower Hamlets. Business all across this borough including the meat and poultry shops have colluded and driven up prices of their products. They should have their trading licenses revoked.
At a time when people in poor deprived areas require extra support these establishments are essentially running a business cartel. At the very least these business should have their licenses to trade reassessed and questionable practice investigated. And ultimately have these licenses revoked.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Restrict people stockpiling and reselling items at inflated prices

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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coranavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

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Timeline

20 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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