This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Benefit sanction, cancellation and community payback for parents (If offender under 18 or living at their residence) and the offender
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I want the government to sanction and stop benefit payments when individuals are charged with an offence or even cautioned. Not only this, I deem it necessary for the parents should also bare the brunt of this unacceptable behaviour. I suggest that if under 18 or living under their parents roof, then they too should be sanctioned in order to promote a society that takes responsibility for those who commit crime. I feel that community payback will be a suitable final punishment to deter from committing the crime in the first place or make parents enforce rules in the home.
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