Make it a legal requirement for all known property defects to be declared by sellers in the conveyancing process, and make it easier for property to be returned to sellers who withhold known issues.
Make it compulsory for councils to scan deceased animals found on road side
- Final Signatures: 344
Most councils do not microchip check deceased pets found on the road side. It should be made compulsory for any cats and dogs reported or found to be chip checked in order to notify the owners.
Protect critically ill people from eviction by landlords
- Final Signatures: 26
Place the health and well-being of people above short-term financial interests of landlords. In this case, by implementing a, critical illness moratorium, into the housing act that prevents any eviction of a person or their household within 1 year of diagnosis of a recognized critical illness.
Wind turbine blades - when painted black can reduce harm to birds.
- Final Signatures: 501
This Autumn a juvenile osprey was killed after a collision with a turbine in North Wales. Research suggests that painting one or more blade black can reduce the risk. Bat species are also vulnerable to turbines.
We want a planning system that works for people. Local authorities and residents know how many and what type of houses they need, where they need them and what infrastructure they require. We want the Government to agree a fair system with communities, based on actual need not a formula.
Help independent businesses creating regeneration in struggling High Streets.
- Final Signatures: 97
As a new business opening on the high street I would like to see more support given to independent small family businesses like our. Businesses that will create foot fall into the high street. As a business with a community ethos, an aim to be carbon neutral and also reduce food and packaging waste.
The Government should create a regulatory and licensing framework for developers of new build homes, so that developers and their directors can be held to account, due to growing complaints about new-build houses.
Provide ring-fenced funds to all local authorities for locally appropriate versions of nationally planned baby and toddler's centres, where multidisciplinary practitioners can work and train together to meet the needs of all children from birth to three, and their parents.
Extend Help to buy Equity Loan Scheme 2013-2021 deadline due to Covid-19
- Final Signatures: 30
Government need to clearly understand the delays caused by covid and allow current applications to complete beyond the deadline date set. Individual families are losing their dream or first home purchases and this needs changing before more families are impacted by the broader deadline date.
Make swift bricks compulsory in new housing to help red-listed birds
- Final Signatures: 109,896
Swifts have declined by over 50% in the UK. Adult swifts, known for site-fidelity, return to the same nests. We want swift bricks to be required in all new housing, to provide homes for these birds. Surveys show these are used by red-listed swifts, house martins, starlings and house sparrows.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 10th July 2023
The Government responsed to this petition on 1st December 2022 (View Full Response)