Petitions/Introduce minimum sentence of 5 years for sexual offences and ban appeals
StatusClosed
Opened20 Nov 2025
Closes20 May 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Require that anyone who commits an offence relating anything sexual, including photos, gets an automatic prison sentence of a minimum of 5 years if found guilty. There should be no right to appeal.

Victims of sexual offences often don’t ever get over what’s happened to them and it does ruin lives. They have to live with it for the rest of their lives. Children are supposed to be protected by adults. Child victims have no choice and this can cause serious, life-changing trauma.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Jen Craft
1Jen Craft MP
Thurrock
6
James McMurdock
2James McMurdock MP
South Basildon and East Thurrock
2
Gideon Amos
3Gideon Amos MP
Taunton and Wellington
2
Nesil Caliskan
4Nesil Caliskan MP
Barking
1
Paulette Hamilton
5Paulette Hamilton MP
Birmingham Erdington
1
Shabana Mahmood
6Shabana Mahmood MP
Birmingham Ladywood
1
Barry Gardiner
7Barry Gardiner MP
Brent West
1
Dr Peter Prinsley
8Dr Peter Prinsley MP
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
1
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
9Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP
Chorley
1
Sarah Jones
10Sarah Jones MP
Croydon West
1