Reverse import duties on goods brought from the EU as of January 1 2021
- Final Signatures: 151
The government should replicate the same customs arrangements on goods brought from the EU as prior to Brexit. The cap of £270 on some items bought from the EU needs to be lifted and the previous limits should be instituted.
Revoke recent changes to the Highway Code
- Final Signatures: 637
The Government should revoke the changes to the Highway Code which into effect on 29/1/22, to allow for more consultation with motoring groups. These changes affects all road users not just pedestrians and cyclists.
Place a trade embargo on products grown on cleared Amazon rainforest land.
- Final Signatures: 69
The Government should not allow products that were grown on land cleared from the Amazon rainforest to be sold in the UK. The Government should send a clear message to Brazil and set an example for other countries of the measures it is willing to take to tackle the most dire crisis of mankind.
Extend the validity for CBT certificates that are expiring or have expired during Tier 4 or national lockdown.
Simplify new Customs procedures for EU and Ireland freight import / export
- Final Signatures: 194
Take urgent action to remove at least some of the mountain of red tape from import and export customs procedures. Industry is currently losing £millions because of the late struck deal that cannot be administered properly by hauliers, their clients and HMRC's inland facilities.
In 2019 UK Government finalised a free trade agreement (FTA) with Faroe Islands which allows for £100 million of exports of wild caught and farmed fish to Britain per annum (20% of the Faroe Islands global trade). This FTA should be suspended until all whale & dolphin hunts on Faroe Islands end
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 11th July 2022
The Government responsed to this petition on 26th October 2021 (View Full Response)Require CBT, licence, insurance and helmet to ride e-bikes and e-scooters
- Final Signatures: 188
Electric bike and scooter users should have compulsory basic training, be licensed and insured to protect third parties. Helmets should be required by law to protect drivers. This would match requirements for mopeds and light motorcycles.
Regulate parent and child parking spaces
- Final Signatures: 146
The Government should require a minimum number of parent and child space available per 100 spaces in retail destinations that require a government issued badge to use to help with enforcement.
The UK should ban the importation of Shark Fins for personal consumption
- Final Signatures: 57
After Brexit, ban the carriage of shark fins in to the UK for personal use
EU law allows individuals travelling to Europe to carry 20kg of dried shark fins for personal consumption. THIS SHOULD STOP
I want the UK Government to work with the Australian government to ensure that changes to Working Holiday Maker/Youth Mobility schemes, making these available to people aged up to 35, and removing requirements to undertake particular work, to commence on the same date the new FTA comes into force.