Petitions/Review conditions for parental rights to be removed
StatusOngoing
Opened7 May 2026
Closes
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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I want the grounds in which parental responsibility can be removed to change. Some children may be exposed to numerous disturbing things due to a parent and are highly traumatised due to this. I think it's wrong that this is only possible after something like murder for this to actually happen.

There are children who live in fear of a parent daily, whether it be mum or dad and they still have responsibility over that child. There are cases where a child has been exposed to multiple violent episodes, pornography, taken on drug deals, and asked sexual questions by a parent, yet they still have parental rights over the child, and there are parents in worse situations. This is why I feel this would be a strongly supported petition.

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Damien Egan
1Damien Egan MP
Bristol North East
23
Dan Norris
2Dan Norris MP
North East Somerset and Hanham
21
Dan Aldridge
3Dan Aldridge MP
Weston-super-Mare
14
Josh Newbury
4Josh Newbury MP
Cannock Chase
8
Kerry McCarthy
5Kerry McCarthy MP
Bristol East
7
Claire Hazelgrove
6Claire Hazelgrove MP
Filton and Bradley Stoke
7
Karin Smyth
7Karin Smyth MP
Bristol South
4
Claire Young
8Claire Young MP
Thornbury and Yate
3
Sean Woodcock
9Sean Woodcock MP
Banbury
1
Wera Hobhouse
10Wera Hobhouse MP
Bath
1