Petition · past parliament
Make Cat Calling an illegal and criminal offences
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
I believe the government should make the action of cat calling (shouting out sexual remarks to girls and women) a criminal offence, punished the same as verbal abuse. Cat calling can make girls and women feel exposed and unsafe the same way verbal abuse can, and therefore should be treated as such.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.