Petition · past parliament

Change to sentences for online child grooming

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

There is a need for changing the law / punishments to a MINIMUM prison sentence to ANYONE convicted of sexual grooming of a child online .
The change called for is no more community punishments for convicted online child groomers . The minimum sentence to start at 2 years in prison

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

20 Jul 2018 Petition opened for signatures
25 Jul 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Jul 2018

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