Petition · past parliament

Allow proms to go ahead

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Allow proms to go ahead to celebrate 5 years of school or 2-3 years of college

Why it was rejected

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

If you want all restrictions on such events to be removed, we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Lift restrictions on all social gatherings such as proms, graduations, weddings: Lift restrictions on all social gatherings such as proms, graduations, weddings

Whether or not educational institutions hold proms or other formal events is a matter for individual educational institutions, although any such events would need to be in line with Covid-19 restrictions.

Timeline

18 Jun 2021 Petition opened for signatures
23 Jun 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Jun 2021

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