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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Urgently review and to change the licensing procedures for child performers. More details
Submitted by Ms Teri Scoble of Go For It – Deadline to sign up by: 03 March 2008 – Signatures: 224
Petition update, 17 March 2008
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "Urgently review and to change the licensing procedures for child performers."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
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Go for it theatre School and Acting Agency in Teddington/Richmond urges the Government to urgently review and to change the licensing procedures for child performers. The outdated, inappropriate licensing system no longer benefits or protects children in a constantly changing profession. The current legislation is often misunderstood and varies from borough to borough resulting in a postcode lottery resulting in a lack of equal opportunity for the child performer. Councils are failing under a burden of administration and failing to protect children in the working environment from rogue managements. Care and protection is paramount for the child. It is crucial that local Councils liaise with those in the Entertainment Industry who really know what is going on. Go For It calls on government to standardise Child Performance Licences throughout the country and to amend or introduce new legislation, so that everyone will know what is involved and expected of them in employing young performers.
Current signatories
Ms Teri Scoble, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Mike Scoble
- Amanda Laidler
- Karin Abbott
- Ruth Cooper-Brown
- mike brunt
- peter abbott
- Sonia Norris
- Jacqueline Hagerty
- Christine Jenkins
- Lena Abbott
- holly coady
- Mrs Brenda A. Hooper
- Paul Domingue
- Pratibha Patel
- Laura Miller
- John W Davey
- Derek Domingue
- Steve Hardy
- John Cashin
- Peter Dolbey
- Jeanette James
- Angela White
- Holly-Marie Houliston
- Shanee Walmsley
- nina jones
- michael jones
- Rosemary Nash
- Ian Parkin
- Estella Todisco
- Garry Stockton
- Camilla Mallender
- tracy laudat
- Jennifer Rae
- Daisie Rankin
- Valerie Edwards
- B Diebelius
- Helen Harris
- Ellie Mitra
- Laura Smart
- Kelly Montgomery
- Brandi Elderton
- H. Dali
- Julie Hooke
- Kate Leiper
- Gabrielle Broomes
- Dominic Davies
- Joel Wood
- Freya Hansen
- KATIE ABBOTT
- John Clark
- Roisin Holland
- Claire Toeman
- Natasha Rawley
- Catherine Holland
- Christine Corpuz
- Margaret Chung
- Vibeke Burke
- S. Dempsey
- Keith Grover
- Leoni Kibbey
- Nicola Hurdle
- Richard Williams
- tamera pitts
- Tina Stockwell
- Helen Havis
- Rebeca Brown
- Tracey Haly
- Tree Petts
- Sadie Knox
- Geraldine Mullins
- James Dawkins
- Bonnie Breen
- Marianne Friend
- Lesley Scoble
- Carly Peacock
- Donna Byrne
- Daniel Peacock
- Paul Jennings
- Hazel Ellesse
- rosie calder
- V Bradbeer
- Anna Bondi
- nadine shenton
- rachel taylor
- Carole O'Shea
- Francis Donlevy
- Sally Peters
- Simon Penn
- Aimie Quinn
- julie metcalfe
- Dyana Daulby
- SUE WALKER
- Chris Dyer
- Alysia Lewis
- Sandra Singer
- Marilyn How
- Jayne Mitchell
- Julia Lester
- John Basham
- MICHELLE BLACKALL
- C Brooke-Mellor
- CHRISSY BRIGHT
- Geraldine Barbara Broadley
- Hannah Kester
- Teresa Mockridge
- Lisa Balcombe
- tyrina gallagher
- Jackie Hatch
- sandra scrase
- Ash Patel
- Sharon Abery
- RICHARD ANDREWS
- Victoria Basye
- Robert Kelly
- Nadine barkho
- Philippa Hewett
- Matthew Mockridge
- Danielle Bowden
- Carole Atkin
- HILARY HOLDSWORTH
- Fez Tuncbilek
- Jacqueline Lawn
- Barbara Cowley
- LYNNE FALLOWELL
- Keely Cook
- Sian Jennings
- Zoe Arscott
- Janet Napper
- Phillip Napper
- Timothy Rainbow
- siobhan suter
- SAIMA HASNAIN
- Debra Romero
- Alan Haines
- Carol Crabbe
- samantha Butler
- Sarah Collins
- Patti Thomas-Verweij
- jerry kelk
- Rebecca Huckle
- Carla Cunningham
- Debbie Pitt
- Sandra Mooney
- Patricia Rapley
- Lise Marie
- Emma de-la-Haye
- SUSAN GODFREY
- K Green
- Lisa Cross
- Tony Braithwaite
- Shonette Mooney
- saghir khokhar
- Tony Peters
- Karen Barnett
- Heather Watson
- Susan Hanson
- Su Brown
- Yulli Tamayo
- Debbie Taylor
- Thomas Sargent
- Donna Benjamin
- Bobby Davro
- Lyndsey Williams
- David Huson
- louise anne gardner
- Vanessa Paul
- Nicola Barwell
- Julia Peters
- Suzy Korel
- Lesley North
- Jacqueline McLeod
- Heather March
- nicola farnan
- Grace Gardner
- Bonnie Sullivan
- michelle vassallo
- Martina Healy
- james moreno
- Rosie Partington-Omar
- sue butcher
- Andrew Perkin
- Dietrich Nanton
- Patricia McKeown
- Tarquin Shaw-Yooung
- Angela HILL
- Melanie Minnitt
- Sheelagh Bissett
- georgina martinou
- John Hall
- sarah
- Stephen Turner
- Ann Rowsell
- Jenna Wanderoy
- Clive Hurst
- Ann Elizabeth Walker
- John Perkins
- Jessica Dennis
- Alice Brockway
- Kate Poynton
- charles stevenson
- Roy G Healey
- Alan Brent
- James Middlemarch
- Geoff Goble
- Linda E Compton
- Joanne Bamford
- Lorraine Gray
- Melissa Advani
- Annette Shaw
- MAT FRASER
- robbiehamilton
- Jacqui Williams
- Karl Hayman
- Adam Libonatti-Roche
- Robert Duly
- Lee Burchell
- Simon GArland
- Rachel Warland
- Shelley Evans
- Patrick Coffin
- Glenda Coffin
- Christopher moreno
- Roshna Ahmad
