Petition

Stop Human Rights Lawyers being paid by tax payers money.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

For far too long human rights lawyers have abused the British tax payers by keeping criminals in our country. These lawyers can still represent these people by its by the pro bono rule and not abusing the tax payers
Change the law that the British tax payers no longer pay these lawyers. Either the person pays or they work pro bono

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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Timeline

28 Jan 2025 Petition opened for signatures
18 Mar 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Mar 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 1 Sep 2026.