Petition · past parliament

Remove the cap of 15 people from Wedding ceremonies and receptions.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Lift the cap on weddings to allow more than 15 people to attend.
Put the limit back up to 30, the same as funerals.
The wedding industry is being crushed even more now with the 15 person cap recently announced. Wedding suppliers and venues now face mass cancellations and loss of income. This will lead to wedding related businesses going under.
Couples were just about getting their heads around having only 30 guests and work was slowly picking up for suppliers although it has been massively dented. However only allowing 15 is devastating the industry completely.

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 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Sep 2020

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