Make mental abuse and bullying illegal now!!!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The impact of mental abuse is profound, long term and increasingly costly and damaging to individuals, organisations, society and the economy. Some estimates £100bn p.a. in the UK.

There are laws protecting us from physical but not mental abuse, which is often more hidden, costly and devastating to remedy. This is reaching epidemic proportions which society desperately needs to address if we are all to thrive, live valuable and meaningful lives and do unto others as we would wish done unto us.

We can no longer afford to simply turn away, do nothing and allow evil to flourish. Please will you help to make this a better world for all and sign and forward this petition now!!!

Why it was rejected

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

There are already a number of offences relating to causing alarm or distress, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Make bullying a specific criminal offence: Make bullying a specific criminal offence

We could accept a petition calling for other behaviours to be made a specific criminal offence, but it's not clear exactly what you mean by "mental abuse".

Timeline

8 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
13 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Apr 2021

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