Submitted on Friday 24th April 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 19th May 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Raise the Age of Consent.
Either raise the age of consent or change the laws so that adults are not able to legally sleep with minors.
16 is far too young to consent to sex with people 19-20+. It’s wrong and disgusting that adults are getting away with sleeping with children.
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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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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Change the legal age of consent to intercourse to 18
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749248
Raise the age of consent to 18 with peer exception for 16-17 year olds
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767458
Amend age-of-consent laws to protect those under 21
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/747372
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