Petitions/Don't allow absent parents to take children from primary care givers
StatusClosed
Opened12 Feb 2025
Closes12 Aug 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Change the law so that absent parents can't take children away from their primary care givers.

I believe the emotional damage done to children and parents in these cases can be long term. We believe no parent, father or mother, that is absent from the children's lives for a year or more should be allowed to use their parental responsibility to take the children away. We don't think this is beneficial to the child/children. We think allowing this to happen could potentially put a child/children at risk.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Andy MacNae
1Andy MacNae MP
Rossendale and Darwen
5
Paul Waugh
2Paul Waugh MP
Rochdale
4
Mrs Elsie Blundell
3Mrs Elsie Blundell MP
Heywood and Middleton North
3
Oliver Ryan
4Oliver Ryan MP
Burnley
2
Sir Christopher Chope
5Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
1
Connor Naismith
6Connor Naismith MP
Crewe and Nantwich
1
Danny Kruger
7Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Alex McIntyre
8Alex McIntyre MP
Gloucester
1
Hannah Spencer
9Hannah Spencer MP
Gorton and Denton
1
Jesse Norman
10Jesse Norman MP
Hereford and South Herefordshire
1