United Kingdom · Record · Petition
Petition 742795
We call on UK Government to provide sex crime victims with free legal support
Introduced
23 September 2025
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580 signatures
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27 April 2026
Summary
We call on the UK Government to set out in statue that sex crime victims are a vulnerable group from first police contact, and grant them a legal representative at the taxpayer expense. We believe this can help protect their legal and human rights in disclosure, any judicial process or damages retrieval post conviction. Legal aid is afforded to the accused from the point of arrest, and we believe that giving the victims the same privilege will protect then during the judicial process, from any potential bias, gaslighting or other forms of anti victim prejudice and discrimination, and produce better prepared, more confident witnesses. Who feel safer whilst navigating the scary footpath to justice.
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- Official source: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742795
- Open data entity: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742795.json