Petition Extend the time period any child assault can be reported from 6 months

Some child assaults have only 6 months to be reported in before they can no longer be prosecuted.

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A parent or child can be intimidated. The time period to allow for them to speak out needs to be longer.

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

167 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 167 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 November 2019
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