Petitions/Ban the use of bots to make purchases on websites
StatusOngoing
Opened14 Jan 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Make bot-assisted online purchasing illegal by expanding the 2018 Breaching of Limits on Ticket Sales Regulations to cover all high-demand goods, including collectibles like sneakers, trading cards, and even essentials such as toilet paper.

We believe hobbies like sneaker collecting and trading card games now resemble the stock market, with bots bypassing purchase limits to secure multiple items. We feel captchas are no longer effective as bots have evolved beyond them, creating a grey area under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We also believe this practice is harmful and unethical, as it can inflate prices by allowing items bought at retail to be resold at a higher cost.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Lola McEvoy
1Lola McEvoy MP
Darlington
3
Greg Smith
2Greg Smith MP
Mid Buckinghamshire
3
Steve Darling
3Steve Darling MP
Torbay
3
Liam Conlon
4Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
2
Connor Naismith
5Connor Naismith MP
Crewe and Nantwich
2
David Baines
6David Baines MP
St Helens North
2
Valerie Vaz
7Valerie Vaz MP
Walsall and Bloxwich
2
Chris Evans
8Chris Evans MP
Caerphilly
2
Wendy Morton
9Wendy Morton MP
Aldridge-Brownhills
1
Laura Kyrke-Smith
10Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
Aylesbury
1