Rejected petition change the law, convicted of child sex abuse to live as far away from victim

A petition calling for Parliament to change the law, so that people who have been convicted of child sex abuse are not legally allowed to live within a certain distance of their victims.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/127690

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Date submitted 22 July 2016
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