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Legislate for Mobile Phones to have Hardware "Kill Switch" to help reduce thefts

Submitted by Terence Ivan Mason on Friday 7th February 2025

Published on Wednesday 16th April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 16th October 2025

Signatures: 46

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Tagged with

2024 ~ Accounts ~ bank account ~ Banks ~ Black ~ Crime ~ Londoners ~ Major ~ market ~ metropolitan ~ Metropolitan Police ~ Mobile phones ~ Money ~ Phones ~ Police ~ Prevent ~ Protecting ~ security ~ Switch ~ Theft ~ Victim

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 46 signatures in total, with signatories from 32 constituencies. That makes it the 30,443rd most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 10% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 19% (average).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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