Stop water being Traded on the Stock Market

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like you to help stop the trade of water as a commodity.

I don't want water being used as a trading commodity as I believe no-one should control access to water. Having large corporations controlling access to water will lead to deprivation in certain places, pollution in others and violence as people try to protect their access to their own water supplies from the corporations or groups trying to claim it.
Everyone should have access to free water it is a basic human right.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The Government is not responsible for what stocks are able to be bought and sold on the stock exchange, or for how companies operate in water market outside of the UK. The London Stock Exchange is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

The UK Government is responsible for setting the rules that apply to the UK's water market, and we have published the following related petitions, which you might like to sign:

Nationalise water companies: Nationalise water companies

Stop water company monopoly - Extend competition to the residential water market: Stop water company monopoly - Extend competition to the residential water market

Timeline

14 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Dec 2020

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