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Petitions Committee

{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}

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The Petitions Committee is a parliamentary committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Its role is to oversee petitions submitted to Parliament, including both electronically through the UK Parliament petitions website, and traditional paper petitions. The committee is one of the youngest in the Commons, formed in 2015, and is made up of 11 backbench Members of Parliament.

Procedure

The process for e-petitions differs from the process for paper petitions, which can only be presented to the House of Commons by an MP.{{cite web|title=Ask your MP to present a petition|url=http://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/have-your-say/petitions/paper-petitions/|website=UK Parliament}}

E-petitions can be submitted by British citizens and UK residents to the UK Government and Parliament via the UK Parliament petitions website. Petitions must be about something which Government or Parliament is responsible for, and must ask for a specific action from Parliament or Government.

An e-petition must be signed by the petition creator and five supporters before it will be sent for moderation. Moderation ensures that draft petitions meet the website's standards for publication. Petitions which do not meet the website's standards are rejected. Petitions published on the website are available for members of the public to sign. Petitions remain open for signatures for six months. At the end of six months, petitions are closed and formally reported by the Petitions Committee to Parliament.

All petitions which are published are reviewed by the Petitions Committee. Petitions which reach 10,000 signatures receive a written response from the UK Government. The committee can schedule debates in the House of Commons' second debating chamber (Westminster Hall), on Monday evenings at 4.30 pm.See Standing Order No. 10(1)(a). {{cite web|title=Weekly decisions|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/petitions-information/weekly-decisions/|website=UK Parliament}}

When Parliament is dissolved, all open petitions on petition.parliament.uk are closed, and new petitions are not accepted. After a new Petitions Committee is set up by the House of Commons, closed petitions are not reopened.

Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are considered by the committee for debate. Petitions may not be put forward for debate if the issue has been debated recently, or is already scheduled for debate in the near future. Most petitions which reach the threshold are debated.

The Petitions Committee may also take other action on published petitions. On 1 March 2016 the Committee published its first report, Funding for research into brain tumours, in response to a petition which had gained over 120,000 signatures.HC 554 2015-16. {{cite web|title=Funding for research into brain tumours|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/funding-for-research-into-brain-tumours/|website=UK Parliament}}

The Petitions Committee has also taken oral evidence jointly with the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on grouse shooting,{{cite web|title=Grouse shooting joint evidence session|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/grouse-shooting-16-17/|website=UK Parliament}} with the Health Select Committee on the meningitis B vaccine,{{cite web|title=Meningitis B vaccine inquiry|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/meningitis-b-vaccine-inquiry/|website=UK Parliament}} and with the Women and Equalities Committee on high heels and workplace dress codes{{cite web|title=High heels and workplace dress codes inquiry|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/high-heels-workplace-dress-codes-inquiry-16-17/|website=UK Parliament}} in response to petitions.

Membership

= 2024-present =

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/membership/|title=Petitions Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=31 October 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-03-03/debates/73F0EF71-4B54-4131-B8AC-8B19C193E647/Petitions |title=Petitions Volume 763: debated on Monday 3 March 2025 |author= |date=3 March 2025 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=26 March 2025 |quote=That David Baines be discharged from the Petitions Committee and Jacob Collier be added.—(Mark Tami, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Jamie Stone MP (Chair)

| Liberal Democrats

| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Lewis Atkinson MP

| Labour

| Sunderland Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Irene Campbell MP

| Labour

| North Ayrshire and Arran

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jacob Collier MP

| Labour

| Burton and Uttoxeter

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Davies MP

| Labour

| Colne Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Ben Goldsborough MP

| Labour

| South Norfolk

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Lamont MP

| Conservative

| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robbie Moore MP

| Conservative

| Keighley and Ilkley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Dave Robertson MP

| Labour

| Lichfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Roz Savage MP

| Liberal Democrats

| South Cotswolds

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tony Vaughan MP

| Labour

| Folkestone and Hythe

==Changes since 2024==

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 6 January 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kevin Bonavia MP (Labour)

| Stevenage

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Paul Davies MP (Labour)

| Colne Valley

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-01-06/debates/2B3B133D-9BD3-4775-8131-AAABC91E7B86/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

nowrap | 3 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| David Baines MP (Labour)

| St Helens North

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Jacob Collier MP (Labour)

| Burton and Uttoxeter

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-03/debates/73F0EF71-4B54-4131-B8AC-8B19C193E647/Petitions Hansard]

= 2019-2024 =

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-29/debates/AD4CDEB6-5C98-4172-A664-7A6CD4DA1E2E/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=29 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}

class="wikitable"
width="160" valign="top" colspan="2" | Member

! width="160" valign="top" | Party

! width="200" valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Catherine McKinnell MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Newcastle upon Tyne North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Elliot Colburn MP

| Conservative

| Carshalton and Wallington

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Martyn Day MP

| SNP

| Linlithgow and East Falkirk

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Steve Double MP

| Conservative

| St Austell and Newquay

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Evans MP

| Labour and Co-op

| Islwyn

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Katherine Fletcher MP

| Conservative

| South Ribble

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nick Fletcher MP

| Conservative

| Don Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mike Hill MP

| Labour

| Hartlepool

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Hunt MP

| Conservative

| Ipswich

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kerry McCarthy MP

| Labour

| Bristol East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Theresa Villiers MP

| Conservative

| Chipping Barnet

==Changes 2019-2024==

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

8 June 2020

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour)

| Bristol East

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)

| Gower

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-06-08/debates/A1650DE4-7181-4B84-98B7-ECBE1FC27F88/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

8 June 2020

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Steve Double MP (Conservative)

| St Austell and Newquay

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Jonathan Gullis MP (Conservative)

| Stoke-on-Trent North

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-10-12/debates/357FEA61-4F47-47CF-BAF4-C09529A49DB1/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

1 March 2021

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Theresa Villiers MP (Conservative)

| Chipping Barnet

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Matt Vickers MP (Conservative)

| Stockton South

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-01/debates/4BD5908A-2810-467B-BE3C-C4285641DC0A/Petitions Hansard]

16 March 2021

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mike Hill MP (Labour)

| Hartlepool

| →

| colspan=3|Vacant

| Resignation of member from Parliament{{cite news |last1=Allegretti |first1=Aubrey |last2=Elgot |first2=Jessica |last3=Halliday |first3=Josh |title=Hartlepool Labour MP Mike Hill quits, triggering red wall byelection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/16/hartlepool-labour-mp-mike-hill-resigns-with-immediate-effect |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=16 March 2021}}

20 April 2021

| colspan=3|Vacant

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Taiwo Owatemi MP (Labour)

| Coventry North West

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-04-20/debates/6B7EC40E-F3E0-4ACA-809C-1518AEECB8BA/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

13 July 2021

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Chris Evans MP (Labour)

| Islwyn

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Christina Rees MP (Labour and Co-op{{efn|Whip suspended from 13 October 2022 to 1 February 2024.}})

| Neath

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-07-13/debates/F5C0909D-FD8E-4A9D-8E94-53E49F4F7B96/Committees Hansard]

15 March 2022

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Taiwo Owatemi MP (Labour)

| Coventry North West

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Marsha de Cordova MP (Labour)

| Battersea

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-03-15/debates/F17C0B29-F71D-441C-A46E-997A9FD45AB9/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

21 June 2022

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Katherine Fletcher MP (Conservative)

| South Ribble

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Scott Benton MP (Conservative{{efn|Whip suspended from 5 April 2023.}})

| Blackpool South

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-06-21/debates/36FFAAA5-474E-4C4C-9E8A-9B0E8B47A0E5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

6 September 2023

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Catherine McKinnell MP (Chair, Labour)

| Newcastle upon Tyne North

| →

| colspan=3|Vacant

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-09-06/debates/9E831709-236C-4CBB-BCDE-3C248F023A0C/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement Hansard]

20 April 2021

| colspan=3|Vacant

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Cat Smith MP (Chair, Labour)

| Lancaster and Fleetwood

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-10-18/debates/67EF00BF-722A-4FB1-8B5C-6832AD70AF88/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

25 March 2024

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| Scott Benton MP (Independent)

| Blackpool South

| →

| colspan=3|Vacant

| Resignation of member from Parliament{{cite news |title=Scott Benton: Ex-Tory MP resigns leaving PM to face new by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68658896 |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=BBC News |date=25 March 2024}}

rowspan=2| 14 May 2024

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Hunt MP (Conservative)

| Ipswich

|rowspan=2| →

|rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative)

| Chatham and Aylesford

| rowspan=2|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-05-14/debates/2AA52B62-A2F9-44E4-9DCB-27BBA3AF1850/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Matt Vickers MP (Conservative)

| Stockton South

| Peter Gibson MP (Conservative)

| Darlington

20 April 2024

| colspan=3|Vacant

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Steve Double MP (Conservative)

| St Austell and Newquay

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-05-20/debates/3B7AE868-2ED5-42EF-8961-466738B78409/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

{{notelist}}

Petitions debated by the Commons

=2015–2017 Parliament=

class="wikitable sortable"
DatePetition titleTopicRecords of the debate
14/09/2015To debate a vote of no confidence in Health Secretary the Right Hon Jeremy Hunt (Contracts and conditions in the NHS)Junior doctors* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d6fbba1f-282d-4027-82b7-754baad69ce6 Debate video]

  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-09-14/debates/15091415000001/NHS(ContractsAndConditions) Hansard]
12/10/2015Make the production, sale and use of cannabis legal.Cannabis in the United Kingdom, Legality of cannabis* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c277985b-3edb-4f13-93f2-902bf81ea208 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-12/debates/15101213000001/Cannabis Hansard]
    • 19/10/2015Stop allowing immigrants into the UKImmigration in the United Kingdom* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/2d2e5038-cbf0-4a43-bfc3-6a6deb279c4d Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-19/debates/15101914000001/Immigration Hansard]
    • 26/10/2015Make an allowance for up to 2 weeks term time leave from school for holidayEnglish school holidays* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/27de12c5-a246-4aa0-87c3-ec208c5f7b8e Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-26/debates/15102614000001/Term-TimeLeave Hansard]
    • 30/11/2015Introduce a tax on sugary drinks in the UK to improve our children's healthSugary drinks tax* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5b01a86a-2b13-43f1-b6c2-715877623438 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-11-30/debates/15113012000001/SugaryDrinksTax Hansard]
    • 07/12/2015Don't kill our bees! Immediately halt the use of Neonicotinoids on cropsBees and toxic chemicals, Neonicotinoids* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1868e6f1-38ca-4597-a58c-ed0f98f6bb7b Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-12-07/debates/15120714000001/NeonicotinoidsOnCrops Hansard]
    • 11/01/2016Keep the NHS BursaryNHS Student Bursary* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8c4bdf09-567f-41b4-af9c-46d5cf2b7c49 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-01-11/debates/16011119000001/NHSBursary Hansard]
    • 18/01/2016Block Donald J Trump from UK entry; Don't ban Trump from the United KingdomDonald Trump* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/83208344-218d-4c43-9300-ca78c374b875 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-01-18/debates/1601186000001/DonaldTrump Hansard]
    • 25/01/2016Scrap plans forcing self-employed & small business to do 4 tax returns yearlyTaxation in the United Kingdom* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/33734d0f-5461-4fa4-9c1c-3d0db3798d55 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-01-25/debates/1601256000001/SmallBusinessesTaxReporting Hansard]
    • 01/02/2016Make fair transitional state pension arrangements for 1950s womenPensions in the United Kingdom* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/bf878aac-b8e6-40a2-bc03-9bbe5254fc92 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-02-01/debates/16020126000001/TransitionalStatePensionArrangementsForWomen Hansard]
    • 07/03/2016Scrap the £35k threshold for non-EU citizens settling in the UKImmigration in the United Kingdom* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/da0f4829-4c94-4ca9-93e1-a0897850ce01 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-03-07/debates/16030714000001/Non-EUCitizensIncomeThreshold Hansard]
    • 21/03/2016Jeremy Hunt to resume meaningful contract negotiations with the BMAJunior doctors* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/641c6fb7-a2a0-47e0-8b10-e3c99e765c2b Debate video]
  • [http://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-03-21/debates/16032112000001/BMA(ContractNegotiations) Hansard]
    • 18/04/2016Fund more research into brain tumours, the biggest cancer killer of under-40sBrain tumors; cancer research* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3211c3a4-ea0c-425e-8277-43c7a512f54d Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-04-18/debates/16041811000001/BrainTumours Hansard]
    • 25/04/2016Give the Meningitis B vaccine to ALL children, not just newborn babiesMeningococcal vaccine* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/184bc220-e082-4f5f-9ffa-35d817220b83 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-04-25/debates/16042524000001/MeningitisBVaccine Hansard]
    • 09/05/2016Stop Cameron spending British taxpayers' money on Pro-EU Referendum leaflets2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/93a979e7-4c8a-4d3f-89b1-529df4b4cad4 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-05-09/debates/1605098000001/EUReferendumLeaflet Hansard]
    • 06/06/2016Restrict the use of fireworks to reduce stress and fear in animals and petsFireworks law in the United Kingdom* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/be872a6a-721c-4dec-9a5b-0c136d4d1501 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-06/debates/16060612000001/Fireworks Hansard]
    • 13/06/2016Stop spending a fixed 0.7 per cent slice of our national wealth on Foreign AidDepartment for International Development* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d3ed341d-af80-4b35-aee4-f1e20d8f40c4 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-13/debates/16061315000001/ForeignAidExpenditure Hansard]
    • 04/07/2016Include expressive arts subjects in the EBaccEnglish Baccalaureate* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/ca06ebdb-0a8e-4867-a9ea-4cc82c94ff54 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-04/debates/16070422000001/EbaccExpressiveArtsSubjects Hansard]
    • 11/07/2016No more school penalty fines and bring back the 10 day authorised absenceEnglish school holidays* [http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e487aaf6-6065-4c01-93f8-faffaa2fa33d Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-11/debates/1607115000001/SchoolPenaltyFinesAndAuthorisedAbsence Hansard]
    • 18/07/2016Stop retrospective changes to the student loans agreementStudent loans in the United Kingdom* [http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/9bac2dbf-f634-4134-ab34-5e4aab8a6cb7 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-18/debates/16071826000001/StudentLoansAgreement Hansard]
    • 5/09/2016EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU ReferendumSecond referendum on EU membership* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/cb2f33f6-f9fe-463e-a6d5-40eca4b614c0 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-09-05/debates/D2FA95BF-6E07-497D-83A4-0B7341384289/EUReferendumRules Hansard]
    • 12/09/2016Urge the South Korean Government to end the brutal dog meat tradeDog meat consumption in South Korea* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e5c0e472-edfa-421d-ad27-5b04760cdd5e Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-09-12/debates/B2C64442-0447-45BE-8A4D-CEE3E038FF53/DogMeat(SouthKorea) Hansard]
    • 17/10/2016Invoke Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediatelyUK invocation of Article 50* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7b53b5c2-1b12-474d-855e-a8bca88605e5 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-10-17/debates/0D10F53C-7241-46AC-88CD-BD91964FADE2/UKExitFromTheEuropeanUnion Hansard]
    • 24/10/2016Debate in the House the Local Government Pension Scheme Investment RegulationsLocal Government Pension Scheme* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/18de8731-47af-4d8b-8a0f-0c279c55d131 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-10-24/debates/A7FADB91-3C81-4C9D-A6C9-791C57EEC3B2/LocalGovernmentPensionScheme Hansard]
    • 31/10/2016Ban driven grouse shootingDriven grouse shooting* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0b841a46-eb3d-44b3-83b7-9500482b6d92 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-10-31/debates/06472E95-10EC-49A0-BF93-84CAD2BE4191/DrivenGrouseShooting Hansard]
    • 21/11/2016Free childcare when both parents are working. Not just those who are on benefitsChild care in the United Kingdom* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/571e5cfd-4dc5-402e-ba6c-4ff4d0171889 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-21/debates/D185C964-E8F2-48A8-ABF6-B14F8D44F25E/FreeChildcare Hansard]
    • 12/12/2016Close all retail on boxing day, retail isn't needed on boxing day!Boxing Day bank holiday* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8ebf30b5-6d08-4c20-9978-836afc010c65 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-12-12/debates/11A5F923-B176-464D-8C10-6DAEBB4A3F30/RetailStoreClosureBoxingDay Hansard]
    • 12/12/2016Close all retail on boxing day, retail isn't needed on boxing day!Boxing Day bank holiday* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8ebf30b5-6d08-4c20-9978-836afc010c65 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-12-12/debates/11A5F923-B176-464D-8C10-6DAEBB4A3F30/RetailStoreClosureBoxingDay Hansard]
    • 23/01/2017Ban all non-recyclable/non-compostable packaging in the UKPackaging waste* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/84903098-e7b6-40af-b1f7-f07e415d5a9f Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-23/debates/590623BD-398C-4586-A693-FCC1DB5EA444/Non-RecyclableAndNon-CompostablePackaging Hansard]
    • 30/01/2017Demand an end to the pay restraint imposed on agenda for change NHS staffNational Health Service staff* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b18b254b-2450-4a4d-86d0-947792490a6c Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-30/debates/86C7A0AE-7CA2-4142-9B4A-A03DA115C397/AgendaForChangeNHSPayRestraint Hansard]
    • 06/02/2017Shut down the domestic ivory market in the UKIvory trade* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/81fef046-e287-4dac-b504-fab2b161a552 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-02-06/debates/04A0F6F6-C215-49E0-BF6B-87C55BE1AFE9/DomesticIvoryMarket Hansard]
    • 20/02/2017Prevent Donald Trump from making a State Visit to the United Kingdom; Donald Trump should make a State Visit to the United KingdomDonald Trump* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/85c7c283-d353-4863-8628-3a012a80b2f5 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-02-20/debates/34847E5C-8B14-46E6-8251-AE99526CC011/PresidentTrumpStateVisit Hansard]
    • 27/02/2017Make it a specific criminal offence to attack any member of NHS Medical StaffNational Health Service staff* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/366cf329-dd6b-4b6b-83d6-7e13529f8b9d Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-02-27/debates/FE911759-410C-4322-A0D9-0D2B6E6661AB/AttacksOnNHSStaff Hansard]
    • 06/03/2017Make it illegal for a company to require women to wear high heels at workDress code* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/df6bf60a-ef73-42e9-88a2-73caddbcca11 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-03-06/debates/58CDA5AC-D655-43F4-BDD8-3D1370BCB076/WorkplaceDressCodes(HighHeels) Hansard]
    • 13/03/2017April's LawChild abuse* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f719ed61-5c41-423d-9217-b47257e79c57 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-03-13/debates/9CEF2396-BFAF-40BB-AC79-7E5087011744/ChildAbuseOffences(Sentencing) Hansard]
    • 20/03/2017Put a max of £1200 on car insurance for 18-25 year oldsCar insurance* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1fa5009d-4d61-43eb-adef-6358bc73622e Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-03-20/debates/E796B9EB-F7DB-4376-A615-AF50A04E69E2/CarInsuranceYoungPeople Hansard]
    • 27/03/2017End the badger cull instead of expanding to new areasBadger culling in the United Kingdom* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/94880530-c845-4ce1-99df-b464223f225e Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-03-27/debates/7EE168FA-D5CD-41B5-9563-E801D4777EE3/BadgerCulling Hansard]
    • 24/04/2017Authorise open book examinations for GCSE English Literature 2017General Certificate of Secondary Education* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/aa213464-1a8e-449f-9e5f-ecdc7da641de Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-04-24/debates/B77CF11D-3A96-4C85-A5FD-EC65DC732736/GCSEEnglishLiteratureExams Hansard]

    • =2017–2019 Parliament=

    class="wikitable sortable"
    DatePetition titleTopicRecords of the debate
    23/10/2017Make paying rent enough proof that you are able meet mortgage repaymentsMortgage industry of the United Kingdom* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6dfc8ce4-c3f1-49e7-aad8-21aadd81afb4 Debate video]

    • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-23/debates/1F09DBB9-ED76-4F19-A447-629AA55DE462/MortgagesEligibility Hansard]
    30/10/2017To make votes matter, adopt Proportional Representation for UK General ElectionsElections in the United Kingdom* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c52f8c49-55ac-44c8-bf23-b1705afadaf8 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-30/debates/9D7C1DE6-0EA9-45D2-AD7E-D0EEB3ECCB92/ProportionalRepresentation Hansard]
    • 6/11/2017Make mental health education compulsory in primary and secondary schoolsMental health in the United Kingdom* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c7b16ac8-e642-49cb-99ad-a11319df4b4d Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-06/debates/C0BDFB2D-549E-4881-9EFB-F7BFF023888A/MentalHealthEducationInSchools Hansard]
    • 13/11/2017Agree to a second referendum on Scottish IndependenceProposed second Scottish independence referendum* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4f1a9acc-4b0a-4142-b89a-d623b580f839 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-13/debates/42449346-E2BE-4429-921B-3F72D50E27B9/ReferendumOnScottishIndependence Hansard]
    • 20/11/2017Abolish the TV LicenceTelevision licensing in the United Kingdom* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d25effd4-66ce-4997-af96-db4b83265051 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-20/debates/CF3F652E-0E66-4089-A30D-D9229792E31A/TVLicenceFee Hansard]
    • 27/11/2017Change the university fees from £9250 back to the £3000 fee for the UKTuition fees in the United Kingdom* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/cd9c975f-aa58-4b84-ad2e-95ff25815477 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-27/debates/FF85BF9A-C7BC-4150-954F-2415DA1427D3/UniversityTuitionFees Hansard]
    • 4/12/2017Pay Up Now! – Scrap the pay cap and give public servants a meaningful pay risePublic sector* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3665b48b-f2f5-413d-a9c0-d28b9129ac7e Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-04/debates/B20D70FA-4B48-4680-B680-0528E9B42474/PublicSectorPay Hansard]
    • 11/12/2017* Hold a referendum on the final Brexit deal
  • Reject all demands from the EU for penalty charges for Brexit
  • Put the final Brexit deal to a referendum with revoking Article 50 as an option
  • No referendum on the final deal for the UK to remain in the European Union
    		• Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3e1dd847-9bcc-48fb-b141-5c8441b50ae9 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-11/debates/E3B1D9A4-5B9B-4337-8486-C4BE9A46F2BB/BrexitDealReferendum Hansard]
    • 18/12/2017Put pressure on Libya to take action to stop enslavement of Black AfricansSlavery in Libya* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/71772c45-c2ba-400a-a9f3-7bcdd9400907 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-18/debates/D4D9004C-0D4E-4DAD-8C98-309E2C42D2E1/EnslavementOfBlackAfricans(Libya) Hansard]
    • 15/1/2018Keep Childcare Vouchers open beyond April 2018Childcare voucher scheme* [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1b35e4c7-860b-4f2b-ab68-99699601adf1 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-01-15/debates/F831B5C6-4C08-4F0C-B532-140F9E70B353/ChildcareVouchers Hansard]
    • 22/1/2018Leave the EU immediatelyNo-deal Brexit* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/2237e95c-62c3-498e-8174-619d61ef069b Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-22/debates/1BEAD2EE-F7CC-4732-A4CC-DC4D8E5D8B93/LeavingTheEuropeanUnion Hansard]
    • 29/1/2018Change the laws governing the use of fireworks to include a ban on public useFireworks law in the United Kingdom* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/2a1e3167-13f1-4dcc-9297-6a51f3854ac3 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-01-29/debates/913A2227-7B51-44CD-870A-56C0A5ACAC73/Fireworks Hansard]
    • 26/2/2018End the export of live farm animals after BrexitLive export in the United Kingdom* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b22ff481-91ef-4c91-affc-008cf49aa434 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-02-26/debates/39AF207E-7235-4D57-8723-54F6F87CC17B/LeavingTheEULiveFarmAnimalExports Hansard]
    • 5/3/2018Make British Sign Language part of the National CurriculumBritish Sign Language* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/981f3ea2-b033-4599-a3de-56036727acf7 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-05/debates/553511A4-468B-4B1E-9AD9-A55DCBF3ED06/BritishSignLanguageNationalCurriculum Hansard]
    • 5/3/2018Insurance should be on the car itself instead of the individuals who drive itVehicle insurance in the United Kingdom* [https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/8f71f255-6065-40d8-8de0-7524a2613d00?in=18:05:50 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-03-05/debates/8209EF41-487A-475C-9E6B-CB1A3B22FCA5/CarInsurance Hansard]
    • 19/3/2018Make Orkambi available on the NHS for people with Cystic FibrosisLumacaftor/ivacaftor* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b74bb8c9-5d04-4df7-9f19-1dbf498329e0 Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-19/debates/41D2017B-E026-49FC-B94E-BCDB566AF1D6/OrkambiAndCysticFibrosis Hansard]
    • 26/3/2018Change the GCSE English Literature exam from closed book to open bookGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education* [https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f0649091-91ca-4f92-accf-950702087c8b Debate video]
  • [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-03-26/debates/8A4FD9EF-3C98-48D5-B268-3F611B6FE1A3/GCSEEnglishLiteratureExams Hansard]

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