Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice

Remove parental responsibility from child sexual offenders and child abusers

Closed 755 signatures

What the petition asks

We would like to petition for parental responsibility to be automatically taken away from a convicted child abuser and/or child sexual offender immediately after being found guilty, whether it be their own children or children from another family.
The Government has committed to passing Jade's Law, so parents who kill a partner or ex-partner with whom they have children will automatically have their parental responsibility suspended upon sentencing. We would like to this to be extended to people guilty of child sexual offences or child abuse, to prevent offenders exercising parental rights either from jail or after release.

We believe the safety of all our children in the United Kingdom should be safe guarded by law from the moment offenders are found guilty,

Timeline

20 Oct 2023 Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 755
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Justice
Opened 20 Oct 2023
Closed 20 Apr 2024

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