Make it illegal for a child to be left home alone before a specific age
We want the government to make it illegal for a child to be left home alone before a specific, appropriate age and consequences for parents found breaking the law. Currently the law does not say a specific age when a child can be left on their own.
Steve Reed
Housing Secretary
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Make it illegal for a child to be left home alone before a specific age
We want the government to make it illegal for a child to be left home alone before a specific, appropriate age and consequences for parents found breaking the law. Currently the law does not say a specific age when a child can be left on their own.
Similar motions
Make it illegal for restraint to be used against children in residential care
Make it illegal to have a bonfire until after 7pm
Make child abandonment by a parent a criminal offence
Enact new law prohibiting use of the internet for children under the age of 18
Reduce the Age of Majority from 18 to 16