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No to vaccinations without parental consent

Submitted on Wednesday 4th August 2021

Rejected on Friday 6th August 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

No to vaccinations without parental consent

Petition Details

Ban the idea of allowing children to be vaccinated against or without parental agreement

Additional Information

I believe children below the age of 18 are not suitable to decide if vaccines should be administered


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand you would like for all children to require parental consent for vaccinations however all children under 12 do currently require parental consent for vaccinations. Those aged between 12 and 16 do also require parental consent but if the consent is not given there is an option for those children to prove what is called "Gillick Competency" and receive a vaccine without the consent of their parents. Those between the ages of 16 and 18 don't need parental consent as they are deemed able to consent as per Family Law Reform Act 1969.

You can read more about the different levels of consent for vaccinations here:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/138296/dh_103653__1_.pdf
And you can read more about the Family Law Reform Act 1969 here:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/46

We're not sure exactly what action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take. You could start a new petition calling on the Government to require parental consent for 16 and 17 year olds to be vaccinated.

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