Petition · past parliament

Make sexual harassment a criminal offence

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make public sexual harassment a criminal offence and prosecute anyone found to be making non consensual sexual remarks towards people a criminal offence.
We as women are tired of feeling scared to do daily things that men wouldn’t often think twice about, there should be no reason we should feel unsafe to live life normally or be harassed and objectified.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

14 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
22 Mar 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Mar 2021

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