Petitions/Make it a legal offence for a parent to be absent from their child's life.
StatusClosed
Opened11 Dec 2024
Closes11 Jun 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We believe that parents should not be able to choose to be absent from the life of their child without clear and enforced legal consequences. I think that usually mothers, but sometimes fathers, can be left to raise the child on their own.

We believe that a parent walking away from their parental responsibilities should be a legal offence.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Clive Lewis
1Clive Lewis MP
Norwich South
14
Jerome Mayhew
2Jerome Mayhew MP
Broadland and Fakenham
9
Alice Macdonald
3Alice Macdonald MP
Norwich North
9
Ben Goldsborough
4Ben Goldsborough MP
South Norfolk
7
Dr Simon Opher
5Dr Simon Opher MP
Stroud
4
Alex McIntyre
6Alex McIntyre MP
Gloucester
3
George Freeman
7George Freeman MP
Mid Norfolk
2
Laura Kyrke-Smith
8Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
Aylesbury
1
Ruth Cadbury
9Ruth Cadbury MP
Brentford and Isleworth
1
Max Wilkinson
10Max Wilkinson MP
Cheltenham
1