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We therefore call for naming a suspect before they are charged with a crime to be an offence, so people are not destroyed by premature exposure and can keep their dignity while the justice process runs its course.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":35,"closing_date":"2027-02-12","created_at":"2026-07-13T19:40:54.228Z","updated_at":"2026-08-15T22:11:20.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-08-12T12:15:08.946Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-07-18T09:56:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Aleisha Nembhard","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"MoJ","name":"Ministry of Justice","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"Canada","code":"CA","signature_count":1},{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":34}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Bermondsey and Old Southwark","ons_code":"E14001085","mp":"Neil Coyle MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Brent East","ons_code":"E14001122","mp":"Dawn Butler MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Brent West","ons_code":"E14001123","mp":"Barry Gardiner MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Chelmsford","ons_code":"E14001159","mp":"Marie Goldman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Colne Valley","ons_code":"E14001177","mp":"Paul Davies MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Crewe and Nantwich","ons_code":"E14001185","mp":"Connor Naismith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Croydon South","ons_code":"E14001187","mp":"Rt Hon Chris Philp MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ealing Central and Acton","ons_code":"E14001207","mp":"Dr Rupa Huq MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ealing North","ons_code":"E14001208","mp":"Rt Hon James Murray MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Surrey","ons_code":"E14001215","mp":"Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Esher and Walton","ons_code":"E14001230","mp":"Monica Harding MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Finchley and Golders Green","ons_code":"E14001238","mp":"Sarah Sackman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gillingham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001246","mp":"Naushabah Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Goole and Pocklington","ons_code":"E14001250","mp":"Rt Hon David Davis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Harrow West","ons_code":"E14001271","mp":"Gareth Thomas MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leyton and Wanstead","ons_code":"E14001334","mp":"Mr Calvin Bailey MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Luton North","ons_code":"E14001345","mp":"Sarah Owen MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Peckham","ons_code":"E14001421","mp":"Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Queen's Park and Maida Vale","ons_code":"E14001435","mp":"Georgia Gould MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Salisbury","ons_code":"E14001460","mp":"Rt Hon John Glen MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Vauxhall and Camberwell Green","ons_code":"E14001559","mp":"Florence Eshalomi MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Warrington North","ons_code":"E14001564","mp":"Charlotte Nichols MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wellingborough and Rushden","ons_code":"E14001571","mp":"Gen Kitchen MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wolverhampton North East","ons_code":"E14001594","mp":"Sureena Brackenridge MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Orkney and Shetland","ons_code":"S14000051","mp":"Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Angus and Perthshire Glens","ons_code":"S14000065","mp":"Dave Doogan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow South West","ons_code":"S14000088","mp":"Dr Zubir Ahmed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr","ons_code":"W07000102","mp":"Steve Witherden MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":2},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":2},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":2},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":2},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":17},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":3},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":3}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}