Petitions tagged with "Criminal"

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Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.

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• Make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account.
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  696,955 signatures

• Make dog theft a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  316,545 signatures

• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  181,298 signatures

• Introduce an Independent Regulator for Football in England by December 2021
  

• Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  133,008 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  110,966 signatures

• Ban driven grouse shooting
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  104,340 signatures

• Decriminalise Abortion
  Open from Monday 4th November 2024 to Sunday 4th May 2025
  103,648 signatures

• Grant an urgent Amnesty to Undocumented Migrants living in the UK
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  103,441 signatures

• Abolish time limits to bring charges for offences for acts of domestic violence
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  64,286 signatures

• Reduce the ILR qualifying period from 5 years to 3 years for legal immigrants
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  47,087 signatures

• Make it an offence to carry a catapult in public without lawful defence
  Open from Thursday 23rd October 2025 to Thursday 23rd April 2026
  41,238 signatures

• Strengthen the Animal Welfare Act 2006
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  21,391 signatures

• Introduce prison sentences for deliberate cruelty to wild birds including pigeon
  Opened on Friday 30th January 2026
  21,244 signatures so far

• Criminalise & legally require schools to tackle bullying in & out of school
  Open from Wednesday 17th September 2025 to Tuesday 17th March 2026
  18,892 signatures

• Make impersonating military service/wearing unearned medals a criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
  16,710 signatures

• Introduce an independent appeals panel for school absences
  Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
  15,613 signatures so far

• Change the law to increase sentencing for Hare coursing and poaching.
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  13,342 signatures

• Make dog on dog attacks a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  12,685 signatures

• Require sex of VATP & sexual offenders be recorded throughout justice system.
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  12,483 signatures

• Do not pass the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Criminal Conduct Bill
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  11,756 signatures

• Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  10,839 signatures

• Require DBS Checks for Tattoo Artists in England
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  10,507 signatures so far

• Make it a specific criminal offence to supply drugs to children under 16
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  10,275 signatures

• Make feeding horses/ponies and livestock a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
  10,268 signatures

• Abolish whole life orders and reintroduce the death penalty
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  9,085 signatures

• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.
  Open from Tuesday 12th August 2025 to Thursday 12th February 2026
  6,230 signatures

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  4,478 signatures

• Make reporting false allegations of sexual offences a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  4,263 signatures

• Make dog attacks on cats a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  4,024 signatures

• Legalise Cannabis Use and Sales for Adults over 18
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  3,961 signatures

• Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  3,416 signatures

• Create an ‘Adult ADHD strategy’ to improve diagnosis and treatment
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  3,254 signatures

• Make failing to report drink driving with child passengers an offence
  Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
  3,240 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence for social workers to lie
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  3,181 signatures

• Mandatory three-month prison sentence for damage to war memorials or statues
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  3,177 signatures

• Prevent IPP prisoners being imprisoned on recall unless found guilty of offences
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  3,150 signatures

• Create a trauma-informed task force to develop a strategy to address trauma
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  3,054 signatures

• Tag and trace all illegal immigrants
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  3,033 signatures

• Launch a public inquiry into concerns about free speech in the UK
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  2,771 signatures

• Ban battery rabbit farming
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  2,756 signatures

• Make Male Genital Mutilation (Circumcision) an offence unless medically required
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  2,592 signatures

• Make trespass on British farms a criminal offence. Protect British farmers!
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  2,582 signatures

• Make "Stolen Valour" a Criminal Offence
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  2,472 signatures

• We demand that the UK Government declares a Global Climate Emergency
  Open from Wednesday 27th April 2022 to Thursday 10th November 2022
  2,469 signatures

• Make drink spiking a specific, notifiable criminal offence
  Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
  2,268 signatures

• Make reproductive coercion a standalone criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  2,120 signatures so far

• Create a specific offence of stirring up hatred on grounds of Gender Identity
  Open from Wednesday 8th June 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022
  2,024 signatures

• Repeal the Public Order Act 2023
  Open from Thursday 20th March 2025 to Saturday 20th September 2025
  1,981 signatures

• Make bullying a specific criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  1,880 signatures

• Make sending unsolicited nudes a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  1,861 signatures

• Make unlawfully killing a pet a specific offence with sentences equal to murder
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  1,825 signatures

• Amend Dangerous Dogs Act to recognise and fund rehoming of non-dangerous dogs
  Opened on Wednesday 25th February 2026
  1,798 signatures so far

• Make impersonating military personnel a specific criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  1,682 signatures

• Make dog attacks on cats a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 11th July 2022 to Wednesday 25th January 2023
  1,638 signatures

• Make bullying a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  1,625 signatures

• Ban the sale and possession of shark fin in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,613 signatures

• Ensure violence against women cannot be authorised under the CHIS Act
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  1,569 signatures

• Make 'Tragedy Chanting' at football stadia a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  1,537 signatures

• Make it legal to carry regulated non-lethal self-defence products.
  Open from Friday 24th October 2025 to Friday 24th April 2026
  1,504 signatures

• Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  1,467 signatures

• Tougher Laws/Penalties to tackle theft of Catalytic Converters
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,449 signatures

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 19th May 2022 to Saturday 3rd December 2022
  1,259 signatures

• Make destroying or vandalising the Union Flag a criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  1,251 signatures

• Require any MP or Peer convicted of a criminal offence be removed from office
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  1,243 signatures

• Require dating apps to ensure ID and DBS checks on users & ban violent offenders
  Open from Tuesday 5th November 2024 to Monday 5th May 2025
  1,216 signatures

• Make the teaching of criminal offences & their consequences compulsory in school
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  1,056 signatures

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  1,024 signatures

• Create a right to appeal for people convicted under law which is later reformed.
  Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
  966 signatures

• Legalise and regulate cannabis for adults across the United Kingdom
  Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
  960 signatures so far

• Criminal offence to use personal email/messaging apps for Govt/Council business
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  923 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence to collect street donations if not a charity
  Opened on Monday 9th February 2026
  903 signatures so far

• Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  880 signatures

• Classify Organised Grooming and Rape Gangs as Domestic Terrorism under Law
  Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
  865 signatures so far

• Require people to have a criminal record check to open a social media account.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
  860 signatures

• Make Emotional and Psychological Abuse of Children a Specific criminal Offence
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  842 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence for a dog to attack another dog
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  834 signatures

• Give all parents the legal right to participate in their child’s funeral
  Opened on Friday 12th December 2025
  822 signatures so far

• Ban balaclavas except for winter activity use
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  779 signatures

• Reverse Abortion Decriminalisation in England and Wales
  Open from Monday 14th July 2025 to Wednesday 14th January 2026
  755 signatures

• Revoke the right of registered sex offenders to change their name by deed poll
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  745 signatures

• Grant citizenship to asylum seekers living in the UK for more than 7 years
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  696 signatures

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 5th February 2025 to Tuesday 5th August 2025
  691 signatures

• Require all hounds involved in 'trail hunts' to be muzzled
  Open from Thursday 17th February 2022 to Wednesday 17th August 2022
  663 signatures

• Make Lying In Public Office A Specific Criminal Offence
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  659 signatures

• Require local authorities to remove all flags from street furniture
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  650 signatures so far

• Students with 90%+ attendance to be able to go on holiday during term time
  Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
  633 signatures so far

• Make bullying a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  625 signatures

• Allow family courts to attach powers of arrest to non-molestation orders again
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  591 signatures

• Immediately tighten immigration requirements
  Open from Friday 27th June 2025 to Saturday 27th December 2025
  579 signatures

• Deport all asylum seekers that have broken the law
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  563 signatures

• Introduce an independent body to oversee complaints about TV licence enforcement
  Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
  540 signatures

• Make online bullying a specific crime & new rules for social media platforms
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  522 signatures

• Fund free neurodivergence screening for all children
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  494 signatures

• All nannies, tutors and babysitters to have an enhanced DBS check.
  Open from Wednesday 15th January 2025 to Tuesday 15th July 2025
  485 signatures

• Refuse ability to claim asylum for convicted criminals
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  469 signatures

• Make 'Tragedy Chanting' online a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Friday 16th January 2026
  460 signatures so far

• Make violence against transport workers a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  458 signatures

• Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future suffering
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  457 signatures

• Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  450 signatures

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