Petitions/Make DNA testing compulsory of every deceased person to solve unsolved crimes
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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Helena Dollimore
1Helena Dollimore MP
Hastings and Rye
25
Dr Kieran Mullan
2Dr Kieran Mullan MP
Bexhill and Battle
14
Josh Babarinde
3Josh Babarinde MP
Eastbourne
7
Alison Griffiths
4Alison Griffiths MP
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
2
Yuan Yang
5Yuan Yang MP
Earley and Woodley
2
James MacCleary
6James MacCleary MP
Lewes
2
Dr Roz Savage
7Dr Roz Savage MP
South Cotswolds
2
Steve Darling
8Steve Darling MP
Torbay
2
Andrew Griffith
9Andrew Griffith MP
Arundel and South Downs
1
Marsha De Cordova
10Marsha De Cordova MP
Battersea
1