Make club entry searches mandatory to help reduce spiking

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make all nightclubs have mandatory searches to help reduce the levels of spikings in clubs. This should not only include checking for pills but also for needles and other means.

Spiking in clubs is making a huge increase recently with hospital admissions for spiking soaring. Many already protect themselves by covering their drinks to prevent pills or other such being added to their drink. However, recently spikers have turned to injecting victims, and so with no searches to restrict this entry, there is no defence against it. We need to make clubbing safe.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Make it a legal requirement for nightclubs to thoroughly search guests on entry

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Timeline

14 Oct 2021	Petition opened for signatures
15 Oct 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Oct 2021

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