Petition · past parliament
Introduce harsher punishments for bullying in school.
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Bullying in schools in incredibly prevalent today and, social media allows this intimidation to continue beyond the classroom. Just this week we hear of another child suicide due to bullying. Kids are scared to come forward because there is no real punishment for their tomentors.
Every 7 minutes a young person is bullied
1.5 million young people (50%) have been bullied within the past year
19% of these were bullied every day
44% of suicides in young people are as a result of bullying
How do schools respond? A day or two in internal exclusion units, a chat or even putting the bullies in a room with the victims. It's time to change the rules and have bullying punished properly. Bullies should be removed from the school and their parents forced to deal with the problem.
1.5 million young people (50%) have been bullied within the past year
19% of these were bullied every day
44% of suicides in young people are as a result of bullying
How do schools respond? A day or two in internal exclusion units, a chat or even putting the bullies in a room with the victims. It's time to change the rules and have bullying punished properly. Bullies should be removed from the school and their parents forced to deal with the problem.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 2 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
13 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.