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Allow a public vote on MPs having sentience; the ability to feel pain & emotions
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The government’s recent vote to reject the inclusion of animal sentience in the European Union Withdrawal Bill is a vote to say animals can no longer feel pain or emotions. This notion coupled with aggressive austerity measures for the public indicates that MPs lack these same emotions.
2500 animal sentience studies: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.livescience.com/39481-time-to-declare-animal-sentience.html
Austerity: The launch of the government's white paper on housing last week put a renewed focus on the housing crisis. In total, 57,750 households were accepted as homeless in 2015/16, up by six per cent from the year before. According to Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), 275,000 families approached their local authority for homelessness assistance.
Austerity: The launch of the government's white paper on housing last week put a renewed focus on the housing crisis. In total, 57,750 households were accepted as homeless in 2015/16, up by six per cent from the year before. According to Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), 275,000 families approached their local authority for homelessness assistance.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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Pass legislation making animals legally "Sentient Beings" in UK law.
Pass legislation making animals legally "Sentient Beings" in UK law.
Timeline
| 18 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Nov 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Nov 2017
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