Petition · past parliament

Free sanitary products for everyone in Britain

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Provide free menstruation products for people in Britain.
Period poverty is still relevant today. 1 in 8 people cannot afford product’s, this causes days off of school and work. Period products were not seen as a necessity during the pandemic but they should be.

Prime minister, Rishi Sunak, wants maths to be compulsory till the B3 of eighteen. He says "Letting our children out into the world without those skills is letting our children down."
Surely girls missing school because of something they can’t control is already them being let down?

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: Fund free period products for all

Timeline

30 Jan 2023 Petition opened for signatures
9 Feb 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Feb 2023

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