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Women ,teens and young girls to be taken seriously about rape and sexual assault

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Get it to be taken seriously by the police and make it a crime
Because there is 99% of the uks women and teens who have been raped and sexually assaulted and the police don’t take it seriously or just laugh about it and it’s not fair on us and it should be taken seriously not joked about

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about rape and sexual assault, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

Rape and sexual assault are already crimes. Investigating and prosecuting crimes is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, but we could accept a petition calling on the Government to review how cases of rape and sexual assault are investigated and prosecuted, with a view to identifying how this could be improved.

Timeline

20 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
26 Mar 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Mar 2021

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