Petition Increase the age of consent for sexual activity from 16 to 18

We are asking for the legal age of consent to change from 16 to 18 as at 16 we believe people are not mature enough to make choices about engaging in sexual activity, and may not be able to recognise when someone is trying to take advantage of them.

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We believe this could help protect vulnerable young people from being taken advantage of.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

28 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 28 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 16 July 2023
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