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Tougher laws for home bonfires and chimneys causing air polution in cities.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Review the health costs asociated with air pollution in cities.
Review the new sience about the many conditions caused by and worsened by air polution. Conduct local measurements of levels and types of air polution.
New rules to allow hotspots of pollution to ban home bonfires and chimney fires.
Ultimately to provide some way for comunities that are plagued by air polution from open fires, bonfires, stoves, to stop the polution by new rules.

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 exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do about bonfires.

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Ban all bonfires in built up areas.

Timeline

16 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
21 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Sep 2020

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