Petition make it a criminal offence to not report child abuse to the police.

many hundreds of children have suffered and continue to suffer because of institutional doubt.

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This petition is of course supported by the often late action of hundreds of whistle-blowers who should have reported their feelings much earlier than they did. This petition would remove both doubt and onus by making a legally required course of action perfectly clear to all concerned.

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

16 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 16 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 3 May 2017
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