StatusOngoing
Opened9 Jan 2026
Closes—
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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New law: • DNA mouth swab taken from every person who dies • Checked once against unsolved crimes • No match = destroyed immediately • Cost paid by the Government • Could solve thousands of cold cases • Put victims first
I bring this petition because too many families still suffer in silence after unsolved murders, rapes and disappearances. Parents can wait a lifetime to bury their child; children grow old without answers. Every year offenders die peacefully while victims’ families are denied the truth. A simple DNA swab taken after death — potentially costing pennies — could finally give them closure. We feel this is basic British fairness: putting grieving victims first.
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1Helena Dollimore MP
Hastings and Rye2Dr Kieran Mullan MP
Bexhill and Battle3Josh Babarinde MP
Eastbourne4Alison Griffiths MP
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton5Yuan Yang MP
Earley and Woodley6James MacCleary MP
Lewes7Dr Roz Savage MP
South Cotswolds8Steve Darling MP
Torbay9Andrew Griffith MP
Arundel and South Downs10Marsha De Cordova MP
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