Petition · past parliament
Parents of children bullying others should be prosecuted
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
Parents are held accountable if their children truant or they take them out of school out of school during term time to go on holiday.
We have children committing suicide because of this or 6 year olds in hospital with blood clots after being hit on the head.
We have children committing suicide because of this or 6 year olds in hospital with blood clots after being hit on the head.
Some schools are fantastic at tackling bullying but others are not so good, by making it a criminal offence this would take the primary responbility away from schools.
If we take unauthorised absence as seriously as we do, we shouldn't think twice about the safety of our children at school.
If we take unauthorised absence as seriously as we do, we shouldn't think twice about the safety of our children at school.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 8 Apr 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Apr 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
13 Apr 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.