Petition · past parliament

Make all school bullying a criminal offence as currently there is no laws

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Verbal and physical bullying within our schools is totally unacceptable and destroys lives currently there is no laws on bullying within our schools to protect our children from the verbal and physical bullying that our children are receiving and schools and police hands are tied cause no laws
My own child has been a victim of bullying verbally and physically and schools and police hands are tied cause of policies legislations etc I’ve had to move my son 3 secondary school and 2 primary schools cause of the consistency of bullying and is having an impact on his mental health and been confirmed via my gp in a support letter the laws need changed on bullying within our schools for the safety welfare of all our children to protect our kids

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

6 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Jan 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.