Submitted on Wednesday 6th January 2021
Rejected on Monday 11th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the legal age of consent from 16 to 18
Legally, a 16 and 17 year old person is still a child, despite this age of consent.
At 16/17 years old, you are legally a minor, a child. You are not allowed to purchase tobacco, alcohol, offensive weapons (knives, etc), go to bars or nightclubs, buy superglue, go to strip clubs, and many more. You are to be in full time education,part time education or an apprenticeship; in basic, some form of education, school.
Yet the law currently states that at 16, 17 years old, it is perfectly legal for these children to engage in sexual relations with 18+ adults.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Raise the age of consent in the UK to 18 years old.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331850
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