Petition · past parliament

Create legal age restrictions for music

Closed 60 signatures

What the petition asks

This would work like age ratings for films and video games, and would help to protect children and young people by banning the sale of explicit music, including music featuring violent lyrics or lyrics which refer to gang activity or drug abuse, to under-18s.
The Government should take this step in order to help tackle knife and gun crime, which is glamorised my some explicit music.

Timeline

23 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 60
Status Closed
Opened 23 Sep 2020
Closed 23 Mar 2021

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