Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 23 June 2020

Petitions with 100,000 signatures

Improve Maternal Mortality Rates and Health Care for Black Women in the U.K. 
The Committee agreed to schedule this petition for debate, once debates in Westminster Hall have resumed, and to investigate possibilities for additional engagement.

Extend the transition; delay negotiations until after the coronavirus outbreak
The Committee agreed to schedule this petition for debate, once debates in Westminster Hall have resumed. 
The Committee agreed to write to petitioners about inquiries undertaken by the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union.

Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum
The Committee agreed to schedule this petition for debate, once debates in Westminster Hall have resumed, and to investigate possibilities for additional engagement.

Introduce Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting
The Committee agreed to schedule this petition for debate, once debates in Westminster Hall have resumed, and to investigate possibilities for additional engagement.

Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19
The Committee agreed to tag this petition to the debate on Thursday 25 June, on support for UK industries in response to Covid-19. 

Petitions with over 10,000 signatures which have received a government response 

Delay 5G in the UK until there's been an independent investigation  
The Committee noted the Government's response. 

Grant British citizenship to all people in the UK during the Pandemic 
The Committee noted the Government's response.

Revised Government responses 

Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS 
The Committee noted the Government's revised response, and agreed that it be published.

Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's
The Committee agreed to request a revised response from the Government. 

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