Committee

Petitions Committee

Departmental select committee Commons

What it does

The Petitions Committee considers e-petitions submitted on Parliament’s petitions website and public (paper) petitions presented to the House of Commons, engaging the public directly with the work of the House. You can follow the committee on X (formerly Twitter) @HoCpetitions.
E-petitions website

Members

Jamie Stone MP Liberal Democrat Chair
Ben Goldsborough MP Labour Member
Dave Robertson MP Labour Member
Dr Roz Savage MP Liberal Democrat Member
Irene Campbell MP Labour Member
Jacob Collier MP Labour Member
John Lamont MP Conservative Member
Lewis Atkinson MP Labour Member
Paul Davies MP Labour Member
Robbie Moore MP Conservative Member
Tony Vaughan KC MP Labour Member

Recent outputs

Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2024-26: List of closed petitions 16 Jul 2026
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2024-46 16 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention relating to e-petition 738881 dated 13 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2026-27 9 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention relating to e-petition 738881 dated 1 July 2026 7 Jul 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Jewish Leadership Council regarding e-petition 752646 dated 16 June 2026 16 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Jewish Leadership Council regarding e-petition 752646 dated 1 June 2026 16 Jun 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Minister for Migration & Citizenship in the Home Office relating to e-petitions 745599 and 751443 overdue responses 21 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Under-Secretary of State for Home Office relating to overdue responses regarding e-petitions 745599 and 751443 dated 26 March 2026 21 Apr 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Leader of the House regarding the Modernisation Committee inquiry dated 11 March 2026 17 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Nature, relating to e-petition 732726 - Review protections for important trees: amend Forestry Act & list heritage trees 4 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence to the Jewish Leadership Council regarding e-petition 752646 dated 3 March 2026 3 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the Jewish Leadership Council regarding e-petition 752646 dated 11 February 2026 3 Mar 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Chair of the Petitions Committee, Jamie Stone MP relating e-petition 751839 13 Feb 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from Rebecca Paul MP relating to e-petition 751839 13 Feb 2026
Correspondence Correspondence from the British Fireworks Association 27 Jan 2026
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2024-26 (Petitions Committee) 9 Sep 2025
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2024-25 (Petitions Committee) 29 May 2025
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2023-24: List of closed petitions 29 May 2024
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2023-24 29 May 2024
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2022-23: List of closed petitions 29 May 2024
Formal Minutes Formal Minutes 2022-23 29 May 2024
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2023-24 (Petitions Committee) 29 May 2024
Attendance statistics Members' attendance 2022-23 (Petitions Committee) 29 May 2024
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister for Schools relating to LGBT content in relationships education 15 Mar 2024
Correspondence Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society relating to the debate on financial risk checks for gambling 4 Mar 2024
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology relating to the debate on e-petitions 633591 and 645885 on animal testing and non-animal research methods 27 Feb 2024
Correspondence Correspondence to the Secretary of State for Education relating to LGBT content in the relationships education curriculum 20 Feb 2024
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minster for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare relating to overdue Government responses 13 Feb 2024
Correspondence Correspondence from the Minster for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare relating to pet theft 15 Dec 2023

Source: the official committee page.