Petition · past parliament
Stop providing legal aid to anyone who's not a UK resident
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
Stop providing legal aid payments or state provided lawyers to anyone in the UK who wasn't born in the UK, or illegally entered the UK via a route without prior application.
The UK taxpayer should not have to suffer the burden of paying for the legal defence of asylum seekers, illegal entrants, or anyone facing deportation for crimes against humanity. No court should be funded to assist in the stopping of any deportation order.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Nov 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.