Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty
- 246,197 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 389,889 - 1,125 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
- 210,755 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 213,708 - 53 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)Ban the sale of used power tools at car boot sales and markets
- 40,478 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 129,371 - 610 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)Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700
- 85,742 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 94,723 - 307 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)Fund continued access to modulators drugs for Cystic Fibrosis patients
- 72,008 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 72,073 - 58 added in the past 24hrs)
Please help cystic fibrosis patients have continual access to life-changing modulator medication, after the news on the 3rd November from NICE that it believes these clinically proven medications are not cost effective for the NHS to use.
The Government responsed to this petition on 8th December 2023 (View Full Response)Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state
- 19,174 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 71,417 - 836 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)Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal
- 7,959 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 65,889 - 428 added in the past 24hrs)
We believe neither the Government, nor anyone else, should be able to use technologies to intervene in the Earth’s natural systems. We want all forms of 'geo-engineering' on land, sea and air in the control to be banned.
Introduce law to require schools to allow prayer practices
- 7,216 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 61,114 - 335 added in the past 24hrs)
We feel that prayer is vital for some students in school and denying it is discrimination. We encourage Parliament to protect students' rights and religious freedom to pray in school in law.
Offer the State Pension to all at 60, increase to equal 48hrs at the Living Wage
- 57,771 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 60,053 - 44 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)Don’t ban flavoured e-liquids for e-cigarettes
- 53,646 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 59,649 - 67 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)