Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Propose there-introduction of the birch.

The Government should follow the example of Singapore (and others) where the violent crime rate is very low due to the option of the birch or prison.

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/187113

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