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The Government has responded to calls for bullying to be made a criminal offence - and for schools to be made to do more to tackle it.

A petition to Parliament calls for it to be made a legal requirement for schools to tackle 'all forms of bullying'. It has been signed by more than 15,000 people.

The petition states: "We urge the Government to make repeated bullying over the age of 10 a specific criminal offence, and to make it a legal requirement for schools to act on all forms of bullying, inside and out of school, and mandate mental health reviews after bullying-related self-harm. Too many children are bullied in and out of school. We ask the Government for real consequences, urgent mental health intervention, and legal protection."

Responding, a Department for Education

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