Petitions/Legislate to ban participants wearing face coverings at demonstrations
StatusClosed
Opened15 Sept 2025
Closes15 Mar 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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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.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Sir Edward Leigh
1Sir Edward Leigh MP
Gainsborough
4
Dame Harriett Baldwin
2Dame Harriett Baldwin MP
West Worcestershire
4
Mr Angus MacDonald
3Mr Angus MacDonald MP
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
4
Andrew Griffith
4Andrew Griffith MP
Arundel and South Downs
3
Josh Newbury
5Josh Newbury MP
Cannock Chase
3
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
6Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP
Erith and Thamesmead
3
Mary Glindon
7Mary Glindon MP
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
3
Steve Barclay
8Steve Barclay MP
North East Cambridgeshire
3
Markus Campbell-Savours
9Markus Campbell-Savours MP
Penrith and Solway
3
Caroline Nokes
10Caroline Nokes MP
Romsey and Southampton North
3
Legislate to ban participants wearing face coverings at demonstrations — Petitions