PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Ban all face coverings in public.
Ban all face coverings in public unless you have a medical condition ( that can be checked by being in your NHS files) if not it's a 10,000 fine.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
21
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 21/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 21/100,000
Background
Category Issue explanation
Public safety / policing
Full face coverings make it hard forCCTV, police, and witnesses to identify people involved in crime. obstruct criminal investigation facial recognition
Anti–social intimidation
Democratic transparency
Social trust breakdown
Security in transport / airports
ID verification is inherently compromised in high security settings — airports, courts, banks — if full facial identification is blocked.
Extremism / radicalisation
Equality before the law