Petition · past parliament

Introduce a law forcing petrol prices to track the price of crude oil

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce this change into UK law immediately
Oil companies are too slow to pass on price drops, most of the time they don't pass on price drops at all. Only a law can force this upon the oil companies

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Set up an independent regulator to monitor and regulate vehicle fuel pricing

Timeline

24 Mar 2022 Petition opened for signatures
30 Mar 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Mar 2022

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