Petitions/Change Sexual Offences Act rape definition to include any assault by penetration
StatusClosed
Opened13 Nov 2025
Closes13 May 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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I want the government to change the Sexual Offences Act legislation to redefine all penetrative assault as rape and the offenders should be prosecuted as such. We think labelling it as penetrative assault undermines the victim’s reality of the harm and impacts caused.

Entering any part of someone's body with any part of your body or an item without consent should be charged as rape. It shouldn’t matter what part of the body is used to determine rape. We believe any part of the body entering someone else without consent is rape.

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Adam Jogee
1Adam Jogee MP
Newcastle-under-Lyme
11
Gareth Snell
2Gareth Snell MP
Stoke-on-Trent Central
9
Preet Kaur Gill
3Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
8
Dr Allison Gardner
4Dr Allison Gardner MP
Stoke-on-Trent South
7
Helen Morgan
5Helen Morgan MP
North Shropshire
5
Gurinder Singh Josan
6Gurinder Singh Josan MP
Smethwick
5
Alberto Costa
7Alberto Costa MP
South Leicestershire
5
Marie Goldman
8Marie Goldman MP
Chelmsford
4
Lee Anderson
9Lee Anderson MP
Ashfield
3
Julia Buckley
10Julia Buckley MP
Shrewsbury
3