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Petition · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Review the Premier League and VAR decisions in general.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Debate the topic of VAR in parliament and its clear lack of impartiality and clear bias.
To protect the supporters and teams to ensure there is a level playing field for all teams. This should also filter down to other leagues and completions ensuring supporters and teams are confident and can trust quality of officials officiating of games.

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.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Timeline

27 Dec 2024 Petition opened for signatures
27 Feb 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Department Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Rejected 27 Feb 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.