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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Bring in a new law to make it a criminal offence to leave children aged under 12 on their own. More details
Submitted by Anthony Bennett – Deadline to sign up by: 11 February 2009 – Signatures: 273
More details from petition creator
More and more children aged under 12 are being left on their own at home by their parents without proper supervision. The law on this point is totally unclear and appears to be covered only by the 1933 Children and Young Persons Act. The topic of young children being left on their own has been in the news in the past year and it is submitted that now is a good time to review existing laws. The dangers to young children of being left on their own are numerous and potentially very serious. The law should deter people with children under 12 from even thinking about leaving them on their own.
Current signatories
Anthony Bennett, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Michelle Clements
- Veena Mapara
- deborah butler
- Val Smith
- Lucy McCann
- Helen Williamson
- Carol Thompson
- alan eastwood
- mark morgan
- Pete Ferguson
- James
- Dick King
- S King
- John Justin Galvez
- Sharon Bradford
- Judy Haskell
- Anna Silvestro
- S Yakas(petitions.pm.gov.uk/AmendChildrenAct/)
- marian mcadorey
- PeterO
- Shirley Dobson
- svetlana leonard
- JENNIFER ALDEEN
- Lis Connolly
- Sharon Marie Smith
- Julie Hill
- Kirsteen McGroarty
- Lorraine Cave
- Elaine Noaman
- m lloyd
- Jacky Bradford
- zenda trim
- m johnson
- Heather Taylor
- Hazel King
- Susana Martinez
- Albert Moisiu
- Jean Park
- R>Murphy
- Claudia Cox
- Jon Start
- Lucy Charge
- M.R.C.
- cheryl ludkin
- L J Double
- Robin Harrison Hurd /petitions.pm.gov.uk/Childrned2parnts/
- amanda aubrey
- Marcellus Dillon
- Elaine Butterworth
- Mike Foy
- johanna pratt
- karen jones
- Valerie Campbell
- sean brown
- A Vranch
- Michael Robinson
- Vera Broughton
- David Kastoryano
- Marie Dean
- Amanda Young
- Brendan Lally
- G Langley
- Ross Forbes
- linda gray
- josephine creasey
- carol barlow
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- Ayesha Tinsley
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- annette smith
- David Ellison
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- George Evans
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- Tommy Jones
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- Ann Andrade
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- David Cox
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