Submitted on Tuesday 24th November 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 1st December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Help us to make Cot Bumpers illegal in the UK.
Abolish the sale of cot bumpers and make the use of them illegal, to save the lives of babies and children as it has been proved that they can be one of the causes of SIDS, suffocation or strangulation. They have no practical uses, are an unnecessary accessory and only pose a threat to the infant.
The NHS and The Lullaby Trust state that studies have shown them to be dangerous, yet they are still available for parents to buy without stating the dangers, the packaging says ‘children are not to be left unsupervised’ or ‘for decoration purposes’ but this is not sufficient. They should not be sold, it used to be that they stopped limbs being injured, if a cot is made to the correct standard the bars are made so that limb entrapment can't happen, so they are completely redundant in 2020.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548963
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