I’ve made a petition – will you sign it?
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121265/sponsors/FhHjmz53pGvzhJEbLXl
My petition:
Make the DBS filtering system fairer for people with more than 2 convictions.
People that commit more than one petty offence have to declare this to some employers on application even though their offences may be petty or recorded decades ago. With prisoners being released early and people getting a slapped wrist for serious offences today, historical offenders stand to lose
Since being made redundant, my friend has been unable to get another job because 35 years ago, he took a hub cap off a dumped car and on another occasion altered a road tax disk. Employers are unlikely to offer him a job because of it. In fact, a criminal with one serious offence that has lapsed can have his/her record filtered after a period of time. I think petty recorded crimes recorded over decades ago should be filtered also. The current system is ridiculous and discriminatory.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121265/sponsors/FhHjmz53pGvzhJEbLXl