Save smithfield and billingsgate market

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

London must not make the same mistake as Paris, The City of London Corporation has been itching to move Smithfield’s traders on — just as drovers once herded cattle down the “hollow way” of north London — for some years. It's a historical part of London's culture and must be saved

The Corporation snapped up the former Barking Reach power station site armed with plans to turn it into an integrated modern food market, not just for Smithfield, but for Billingsgate That grandiose scheme is now in tatters, a victim, of the spiralling costs that have bedevilled all major construction projects since the pandemic and the energy crisis.

Billingsgate market has 800 years of tradition. It should be resigned to scrap when nothing is in place to replace it other than land ownership

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 Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market are a decision for the City of London Corporation.

You could ask your MP to take action on your concerns about this issue, including by asking them to present a public petition about this.

You can find contact details for your local MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

You can also raise this issue with the City of London Corporation. You can find contact details for the City of London Corporation here: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/footer/contact-the-city-corporation

Timeline

27 Nov 2024	Petition opened for signatures
9 Jan 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Jan 2025

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