Petitions/Review laws allowing perpetrators of domestic abuse legal access to children
StatusClosed
Opened1 May 2025
Closes1 Nov 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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I would like the government to conduct a comprehensive review of existing laws and amend them so as to close any loopholes that may allow perpetrators to manipulate legal systems and gain access to children and previous victims of domestic violence.

I think existing laws often lack clear definitions and criteria for assessing threat to children, potentially resulting in unsafe judicial decisions made in family courts. I think such threats can foreshadow further attempts of abuse toward the targeted victim which may result in loss of life. I think reviewing these laws will help ensure victims and their children fleeing abuse are truly kept safe. I feel the loopholes are a major factor in domestically violent crimes.

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Emily Thornberry
1Emily Thornberry MP
Islington South and Finsbury
11
Mr David Lammy
2Mr David Lammy MP
Tottenham
7
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
3Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
Chingford and Woodford Green
6
Ms Diane Abbott
4Ms Diane Abbott MP
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
6
Sarah Jones
5Sarah Jones MP
Croydon West
5
Rachel Taylor
6Rachel Taylor MP
North Warwickshire and Bedworth
5
Feryal Clark
7Feryal Clark MP
Enfield North
4
Ms Stella Creasy
8Ms Stella Creasy MP
Walthamstow
4
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
9Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Clapham and Brixton Hill
3
Margaret Mullane
10Margaret Mullane MP
Dagenham and Rainham
3
Review laws allowing perpetrators of domestic abuse legal access to children — Petitions