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380 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 2 of 8.

Give all parents the legal right to participate in their child’s funeral

Hold a referendum on restoring the Death Penalty for murder

State that biological males must not be housed in women’s prisons

Add professional employment mediation into the employment tribunal ADR process

Make parental alienation a criminal offence

Impose financial penalties when parent is killed due to dangerous driving

Public inquiry into child deaths following family court cases

Remove the right for convicted sex offenders to appeal their sentence

Remove the statute of limitations for medical negligence for long-term damage

Review extended determinate sentencing: reductions for rehabilitated prisoners

Protect graves of all UK military veterans from reuse under new burial proposals

Remove or extend the 6 month time limit on prosecution for summary offences

Increase max sentence for injury caused due to dangerous driving to 10 years

Do not put transgender people into prisons of their birth sex

We call on UK Government to provide sex crime victims with free legal support

Ban cousin marriages

Reinstate capital punishment for rape or for serious sexual assault

Suspend parental rights when arrested on suspicion of murdering the child

Make reproductive coercion a standalone criminal offence

Require psychological injury assessments in coercive control cases

Fund accommodation for all prison leavers

Stop child sex offenders living near schools & within victims’ communities

Call referendum on introducing death penalty for certain offences

All nannies, tutors and babysitters to have an enhanced DBS check.

Mandatory life sentences for repeat child sexual offenders to protect children

Remove parental responsibility from people convicted of DV with 10+ yr sentence

Introduce harsher penalties for causing death by careless driving

Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases

Stop ALL legal aid for non British citizens unless worked in UK for 10 years

Government to do more to protect victims of false allegations

Give parents who split up automatic 50/50 shared care of their children

Require family judges to complete LGBTQ+ family sensitivity training

Remove the statute of limitations on reporting childhood domestic abuse

Mandate a lifetime driving ban for causing death by dangerous driving

Make coercive or controlling behaviour leading to suicide a specific offence

Mandatory 50% female jury representation for trials of rape & violence vs women

Review court system to address trial delays for rape and sexual abuse

Introduce a Presumption of Equal Parenting Time in Family Law

Review consent law to protect neurodivergent people from miscarriages of justice

Make social class a protected characteristic under the Equality Act

Automatic ban of abusers' custody of children bereaved by domestic abuse suicide

Make it a specific criminal offence not to notify the authorities of a death

Recognise Cultic Abuse in Statutory Safeguarding Guidance

Review and reform child custody arrangements

Hold a referendum to decide if the UK should leave the ECHR.

Urgent Review and Reform of the CICA Scheme

Repeal the Human Rights Act 1998

Legally require unanimous jury verdicts for serious offences.

Make parental alienation a criminal offence

Mandatory pausing of civil court actions during domestic abuse investigations