Challenge sword and blade bans being imposed by Royal Mail and Parcelforce.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I would ask the UK Government to directly challenge Royal Mail and Parcelforce over their sword and knife carrying bans which will be imposed on 7th May.
Royal Mail and Parcelforce should be asked to completely re-consider and scrap the new imposed measures as they impact countless UK businesses.

The new postal bans imposed by Royal Mail and Parcelforce will carry direct and negative impacts on thousands of businesses throughout the UK as it will affect industries and markets including military, movie, TV and entertainment industry, knife-throwing, antiquities, martial arts, traditional crafts, sports fencing, Highland dancing, religious faiths and orders, re-enactment, auction houses, collectors, and restoration markets.

Royal Mail and Parcelforce have not considered all implications.

Why it was rejected

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

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about what products they deliver are a matter for individual delivery companies, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

26 Apr 2024	Petition opened for signatures
7 May 2024	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 May 2024

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