Petitions/Make it a specific criminal offence not to notify the authorities of a death
StatusOngoing
Opened3 Feb 2026
Closes
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I would like it to become a specific criminal offence to not report a dead body or a death if you are in the company of said individual when they pass or if you are aware of one.

Clear laws must require anyone aware of a death to notify authorities immediately, with serious consequences for neglect or deception, to protect the vulnerable and ensure dignity in death.

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Gen Kitchen
1Gen Kitchen MP
Wellingborough and Rushden
93
Rosie Wrighting
2Rosie Wrighting MP
Kettering
47
Stuart Andrew
3Stuart Andrew MP
Daventry
17
Neil O'Brien
4Neil O'Brien MP
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
8
Ian Lavery
5Ian Lavery MP
Blyth and Ashington
6
Graham Stuart
6Graham Stuart MP
Beverley and Holderness
4
Helen Maguire
7Helen Maguire MP
Epsom and Ewell
4
Lee Barron
8Lee Barron MP
Corby and East Northamptonshire
3
Jim Dickson
9Jim Dickson MP
Dartford
3
Lucy Rigby
10Lucy Rigby MP
Northampton North
3