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Petition · past parliament

Lower the minimum age for a Smear Test

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently the minimum age for a smear test in the UK is 25. I would like to lower the age that smear tests are offered as I feel a lot of women and girls would benefit from this and potential lives could be saved.

Why it was rejected

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

Lower the recommended age for a cervical smear test to 18.

Timeline

24 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 May 2019

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