Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty
- 250,115 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 271,911 - 183 added in the past 24hrs)
Families face school fines for taking their children out of school to go on affordable holidays. This can be a particular issue for low-income families, and families with children that have additional needs, who want or need to avoid busier and more expensive periods.
The Government responsed to this petition on 9th May 2024 (View Full Response)Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying
- 211,320 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 214,335 - 64 added in the past 24hrs)
This petition calls for the Government to allocate Parliamentary time for assisted dying to be fully debated in the House of Commons and to give MPs a vote on the issue. Terminally ill people who are mentally sound and near the end of their lives should not suffer unbearably against their will.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 29th April 2024
The Government responsed to this petition on 22nd February 2024 (View Full Response)Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700
- 89,352 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 100,889 - 546 added in the past 24hrs)
Currently the financial requirements to bring your spouse to the UK is £18,600 per year and now the Government wants to more than double it. Most people in the UK don’t make that per year. We believe this policy punishes those who fall in love with someone with a different nationality.
The Government responsed to this petition on 10th January 2024 (View Full Response)Offer the State Pension to all at 60, increase to equal 48hrs at the Living Wage
- 62,243 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 88,798 - 595 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to make the State Pension available from the age of 60, and increase this to equal 48 hours at the National Living Wage. Hence from April 2024 a universal State Pension should be £549.12 per week or £28,554.24 per year as a right to all, age 60 and above.
The Government responsed to this petition on 30th January 2024 (View Full Response)Ban the sale of used power tools at car boot sales and markets
- 43,269 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 82,031 - 298 added in the past 24hrs)
We think car boot sales and markets are a major reason for tool theft from vans. Many tradespeople have their van broken into and have their tools stolen, which can deprive them of their livelihood. Replacing tools is not cheap, and we want the Government to take action to tackle tool theft.
The Government responsed to this petition on 17th April 2024 (View Full Response)Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state
- 25,296 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 71,378 - 307 added in the past 24hrs)
Require publishers to leave videogames (and related game assets / features) they have sold to customers in a reasonably working state when support ends, so that no further intervention whatsoever is necessary for the game to function, as a statutory consumer right.
The Government responsed to this petition on 2nd May 2024 (View Full Response)Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
- 13,889 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 61,179 - 270 added in the past 24hrs)
The Health Secretary has said that transgender hospital patients in England may be banned from being treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segregation is discriminatory, dangerous, and violates the Equality Act of 2010. It cannot go ahead.
Don’t ban flavoured e-liquids for e-cigarettes
- 54,300 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 59,875 - 64 added in the past 24hrs)
We would like the Government to not ban flavoured e-liquids for e-cigarettes. We believe the vaping industry has helped many people quit cigarettes which contain tobacco - a product which is single handily responsible for over 8 million deaths a year across the globe (estimated by WHO).
The Government responsed to this petition on 12th March 2024 (View Full Response)Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children
- 5,871 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 53,767 - 520 added in the past 24hrs)
I want parents/guardians to have the right to be given access to their children's social media accounts, by social media providers, both when the child is alive and if they are deceased.
Pause Ofsted inspections and reform how school performance is evaluated
- 50,986 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 51,084 - 8 added in the past 24hrs)
This petition is calling for routine Ofsted inspections to be paused so that the recommendations of the Beyond Ofsted inquiry can be implemented, moving to a system of self-evaluation by schools, supported by external school improvement partners, and a more limited role for Ofsted.
The Government responsed to this petition on 4th January 2024 (View Full Response)