Petitions/Ban the sale of catapults and carrying catapults in public
StatusClosed
Opened1 Jul 2025
Closes1 Jan 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We urge the Government to make carrying catapults in public places illegal, so that the police can arrest those carrying, especially in areas of known wildlife. We also urge the Government to ban the sale of catapults the UK, so they are not so easily accessible to children!

I am a specialist of bird and believe we are currently in a wildlife crime pandemic. There have been reports of wildlife being attacked by young people carrying catapults and ball bearings. We think the law needs to change so that the Police has more powers to arrest those carrying catapults.

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Katie Lam
1Katie Lam MP
Weald of Kent
63
Gareth Bacon
2Gareth Bacon MP
Orpington
52
Mr Louie French
3Mr Louie French MP
Old Bexley and Sidcup
26
Clive Efford
4Clive Efford MP
Eltham and Chislehurst
21
Jess Brown-Fuller
5Jess Brown-Fuller MP
Chichester
18
Daniel Francis
6Daniel Francis MP
Bexleyheath and Crayford
17
Rosie Duffield
7Rosie Duffield MP
Canterbury
16
Mr Will Forster
8Mr Will Forster MP
Woking
16
Jim Dickson
9Jim Dickson MP
Dartford
13
Helen Maguire
10Helen Maguire MP
Epsom and Ewell
13
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