Petition Introduce 'Emily's Law' to ensure health and safety on privately-owned boats

15 year old Emily Gardner from Gloucestershire died when her friend's boat capsized at sea. A catalogue of errors led to her death including the fact she was wearing a damaged and ill-fitting buoyancy aid. No laws currently exist to ensure that health and safety is observed on leisure craft.

More details

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tearful-mum-watches-schoolgirls-lifeless-8088025

https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5614f0fce5274a6251000003/MAIBInvReport21_2015.pdf

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

2,771 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 2,771 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 January 2017
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.