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Petition · past parliament

Lower the Breast screening age to 18

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the age of breast screening to be lowered since doing this petition on change. I have received over 500 supporters. The age is getting younger.
I have had messages of young people who have had breast cancer and they have all been below the age of 50. We have to start taking a step back and looking at the age range. Something needs to change.

Why it was rejected

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

Fund regular breast screenings from age 18

Timeline

11 Sep 2021 Petition opened for signatures
16 Sep 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Sep 2021

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