Petitions

Petitions to Parliament

Anyone can petition Parliament. At 10,000 signatures the government responds; at 100,000 the petition is considered for a debate.

PetitionSignaturesStatus
Ban the use of stiles for public rights of way Past parliament 30 No response
Provide emergency costal erosion protection funding to Hemsby beach coastline. Past parliament 30 No response
Amend the list of ethnic groups and remove 'Black' as a label Past parliament 30 No response
Create state-owned accommodation and working space in London for MPs Past parliament 30 No response
Make it compulsory for schools to teach about the British Empire Past parliament 30 No response
Ban energy companies installing pre-payment meters without permission Past parliament 30 No response
Increase funding to support autistic children. Past parliament 30 No response
Mandatory carbohydrate information on all menus for those with type 1/2 diabetes Past parliament 30 No response
Require public referendums on renaming streets, removing statues, etc Past parliament 30 No response
Make female sterilisation available on demand to all women Past parliament 30 No response
Extend regulation of lenders to cover all lenders to businesses Past parliament 30 No response
Extend student finance to non-UK citizens habitually resident in the UK Past parliament 30 No response
Remove income tax and National Insurance for those earning under £24k a year Past parliament 30 No response
Allow employees to claim unfair dismissal after probation Past parliament 30 No response
Abolish the benefit cap Past parliament 30 No response
Reinstate original plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail line Past parliament 30 No response
Bring the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme back! Past parliament 30 No response
Extend criteria for fast-track passports to British children born overseas Past parliament 30 No response
End mandatory coalition in the Northern Ireland Executive Past parliament 30 No response
Make it legal to smoke in pubs after 9pm Past parliament 30 No response
Create a new MP to represent all UK expats Past parliament 30 No response
Ban abortion after 24 weeks on the grounds of severe disability Past parliament 30 No response
Allow people aged up to 21 to be treated as child dependants for family visas Past parliament 30 No response
Require all Home Office allowed appeals to be implemented within 8 weeks Past parliament 30 No response
Require collection of birth registration data on both parents’ previous children Past parliament 30 No response
Allow TV Licence payers to make voluntary additional payments Past parliament 30 No response
Introduce additional bank holiday payments for state pensions Past parliament 30 No response
Pay people to get vaccinated, including retrospective payments Past parliament 30 No response
Remove the minimum earnings threshold for Statutory Sick Pay Past parliament 30 No response
Move start of BST forward to the last Sunday in February Past parliament 30 No response
Change the legal age for buying alcohol from 18 to 16 Past parliament 30 No response
Make it mandatory for all clubs to provide drug tests for drinks Past parliament 30 No response
Require all new tall buildings to have pumped storage systems Past parliament 30 No response
Ban the use of both glass bottles and glasses in night clubs and bars Past parliament 30 No response
Increase student maintenance loans in line with RPI inflation year-on-year Past parliament 30 No response
Change the bicycle graphic on roadsigns etc. to a step-through bike. Past parliament 30 No response
Seek to have United Kingdom join the Schengen area Past parliament 30 No response
Allow open book exams for English Past parliament 30 No response
Add Greece and Cyprus to the Government’s “Green List” of travelling! Past parliament 30 No response
Add the USA to the Green List Past parliament 30 No response

Source: petition.parliament.uk, refreshed daily.