Petition · past parliament

Abolish the secrecy in the family courts and remove the gagging orders

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop putting families under gagging orders.
The sad fact is that social workers snatch children for "risk of emotional abuse" from hundreds of UK mothers who have not committed any crime! Worse still, those mothers are forbidden to go to the media to protest and threatened with jail if they do!
We are petitioning for the secrecy of the family courts to be opened and for the ‘Gagging Orders’ to be removed from parents who have had their children illegally removed by the state and social services.

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 calling for a similar action: Family court proceedings to be public

Timeline

27 Oct 2021 Petition opened for signatures
2 Nov 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Nov 2021

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