Petition · past parliament

Independently Regulate MLM Business in the U.K. or Ban them.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Independently regulate MLM business in the U.K.

The DSA is the industries self serving PR organisation and doesn't represent the best interests of its sellers/consultants/distributors it protects the interests of the industry!

Regulate independently or Ban the business model! Protect people!
Over 500,000 people work in MLM business in the U.K. to earn extra money whilst the industry in its present form doesn’t work their must be a better way to protect people whilst allowing them to earn!

Multi Level Marketing (pyramid selling)
Sellers have no representation! Or recourse!

Research published by the Federal Trade Commission, Dr Jon M Taylor, MBA, Ph.D from the Consumer Awareness Institute calculates that an average 99.6% of people lose money after deducting business expenses.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Enforce more regulation and transparency for MLM companies in the UK: Enforce more regulation and transparency for MLM companies in the U.K.

Ban Multi Level Marketing businesses from trading in the UK: Ban Multi Level Marketing businesses from trading in the UK

Timeline

14 May 2021 Petition opened for signatures
19 May 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 May 2021

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