Petition

Make it a criminal offence to destroy or deface the British flag

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it a criminal offence to destroy or deface any British flag and be upheld and governed by the British public and police forces
Being British and proud to be British is becoming harder to display your patriotic values in our own country, and is being discriminated and unjustified for showing your proud, the values and standards of our country are in question and I fear that this movement will bring back a sense of pride to be in our country and uphold that value to freely fly our great country flag without prejudice and protect the right to fly our flag that our forefathers have died to protect for generations it is not just a flag, it our identity and must be protected.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:

Make destroying or vandalising the Union Flag a criminal offence
Make destroying or vandalising the Union Flag a criminal offence

Timeline

9 Aug 2025 Petition opened for signatures
21 Aug 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Aug 2025

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