Rejected petition: Reform child protection and increase sentences for serious offences
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Every child deserves to be safe. We believe stronger safeguarding, improved oversight and tougher sentencing for the most serious crimes against children are needed to prevent future tragedies and restore public confidence in child protection.
Tragic child abuse cases have highlighted weaknesses in safeguarding. We urge the Government to strengthen vetting, monitoring and accountability in adoption and foster care, and ensure the most serious crimes against children receive the toughest sentences available. UK inquiries into grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation cases have highlighted repeated failures in safeguarding, reporting and agency response. It’s time to act today, not tomorrow for future generations.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Review and improve safeguarding for children before and after adoption" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775263
We can also only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for. Sentencing decisions are a matter for the courts.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.