Petition · Home Office
Legislate to ban participants wearing face coverings at demonstrations
Closed
343 signatures
What the petition asks
Government should introduce legislation to make it an offence to attend a demonstration or counter-demonstration wearing face coverings. All participants should be showing their faces, or, be arrested so that they can be identified.
Introduce legislation that would result in the arrest of any attendee of a demonstration/protest wearing face covering (ie a mask/balaclava) and removal from the scene.
Timeline
| 15 Sep 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
343
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
15 Sep 2025
Closed
15 Mar 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.