Petition · past parliament

Change the rules on the amount of guests at a wedding

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government have introduce new rules around the amount of people who can attend a wedding with no explanation as to why. Boris's announcement has for the 3rd time ruined my wedding date and no doubt thousands of other peoples.
I would like to start a petition to bring it back to 30 people.
With Zero detail around why the numbers have dropped to 15, It is totally unfair that with the numbers at 30 are all likely to be family members that people have been spending time with anyway.
It makes no logical sense as to why I can sit in a restaurant or bar or pub with 100 strangers with little protection but a small 30 person, intimate wedding cannot go ahead and Funerals for 30 people can still happen.

The decision is bizarre and unjustified.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

23 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
30 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Sep 2020

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