Petition · past parliament
Increase the minimum jail sentence for rape and Paedophilia.
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
The minimum jail sentences for rape and paedophilia are currently too short in both cases. Why should people need to worry about letting these kinds of dangerous people onto our streets after spending a short amount of time in prison?
I am proposing this to stop these kinds of dangerous individuals from being let back out into society after serving pitifully short jail sentences.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 3 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Apr 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.