Petitions/Remove the statute of limitations on reporting childhood domestic abuse
StatusClosed
Opened17 Sept 2025
Closes17 Mar 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Currently there is a statute of limitations on domestic violence in the UK. A victim of domestic abuse has 6 months from formally reporting an offence of domestic abuse to the police to initiate prosecutions and two years from the date of offence to prosecute the abuse.

I want the government to change it because probably many survivors don’t realise there is a limitation. We think all survivors of any abuse deserve justice. No matter what type it was.

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Sir Mark Hendrick
1Sir Mark Hendrick MP
Preston
49
Mr Paul Foster
2Mr Paul Foster MP
South Ribble
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Maya Ellis
3Maya Ellis MP
Ribble Valley
25
Mr Andrew Snowden
4Mr Andrew Snowden MP
Fylde
23
Gregory Stafford
5Gregory Stafford MP
Farnham and Bordon
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Sir Lindsay Hoyle
6Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP
Chorley
15
Alex Baker
7Alex Baker MP
Aldershot
13
Cat Smith
8Cat Smith MP
Lancaster and Wyre
12
Mr Adnan Hussain
9Mr Adnan Hussain MP
Blackburn
11
Chris Webb
10Chris Webb MP
Blackpool South
7
Remove the statute of limitations on reporting childhood domestic abuse — Petitions