Rejected petition Tighten down on punishments revolving around sexual harassment

Either have stricter punishments for sexual harassment or more some sort of police power specifically for dealing with it. The most likely fix to this would simply be to educate.

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97% of young women (aged 18-24) In a survey of people said they'd experienced sexual harassment, read this in the guardian.Had to watch a lot of my friends go through this I dont believe anyone should have to go through this,

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577443

Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578940

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Date submitted 11 March 2021
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