The Government should create an independent body, equivalent to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, to oversee complaints about TV licence enforcement.
Create a Youth Poet Laureate for the UK
- Final Signatures: 130
Emulate the US National Youth Poet Laureate - an award to a skilled practitioner of their art who is active in civic discourse, and can be selected from the regional youth poet laureates that we already have.
The Prime Minister recently ruled out discussing the return of the Parthenon Marbles, saying it was a matter for the British Museum. However, in order for the British Museum to be able to accept a request for these artefacts to be repatriated the British Museum Act needs to be amended.
Publish the security evaluation outcomes of ALL 5G venders.
- Final Signatures: 171
The Government must show the public of evaluation outcomes of ALL 5G venders.
For hair and beauty services not to be allowed on tv/film sets
- Final Signatures: 26
To not discriminate by allowing hair and beauty services to be carried out for tv/film whilst salons and freelance therapists/stylists are forced to stop operating their businesses.
Ban elite sports being played during lockdown 3
- Final Signatures: 36
If children are loosing out on their education why should elite sports still be played when they mix with lots of different people from other households and why allow travel in or out of the country. Potentially spreading or bringing other strains of the virus in.
Introduce a compulsory 10% levy on Greyhound Racing profit from bookmakers.
- Final Signatures: 97
Greyhound Racing is a great sport in the United Kingdom but it has been severely underfunded for years. We are asking for a Compulsory 10% levy on the profits bookmakers make from our sport, like the Horse Racing industry has had for years.
Ban children from all greyhound tracks
- Final Signatures: 61
The Government should ban children from attending greyhound racing tracks. At these tracks there is a risk of children’s involvement in placing bets with their parents.
Approve the return to training plan for contact sports
- Final Signatures: 10,750
On the 31st July a plan for a return to training was submitted to DCMS by a consortium of contact sports associations working in collaboration with Sport England. This plan was supposed to be reviewed by Downing Street but the meeting was cancelled. We ask for the plan to be reviewed and signed off.
The Government responsed to this petition on 7th December 2020 (View Full Response)Create a regulator for licences to play live or recorded music
- Final Signatures: 74
The Government should create a regulator to oversee the UK music licensing (PPL PRS) and set tariffs and the criteria that determines which music uses are licensable and which are not.