Petition · Department for Business and Trade

Ban the sale of defaced power tools & large power tool sales at car boot fairs

Closed 90 signatures

What the petition asks

We urge the Government to pass a law which bans the sale of power tools with a defaced or removed serial number, and which bans the sale of large power tools at car boot fairs.
Every year, many tradespeople have their vehicles broken into with tools worth large amounts of money taken. This can hurt people’s lives, mentally and financially, and one of the reasons that criminals may not ever be caught is because the tools are sold online or at boot fair sales with serial numbers defaced/scratched off. This can make tools untraceable and allow criminals to profit off of damaging other people’s livelihoods.

Timeline

28 Apr 2025 Petition opened for signatures
28 Oct 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 90
Status Closed
Department Department for Business and Trade
Opened 28 Apr 2025
Closed 28 Oct 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 14 Aug 2026.