Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 14 July 2020

15 July 2020

The Committee considered all e-petitions which had, before 9 July 2020, reached over 10,000 signatures which had received a Government response. The Committee also considered revised responses from the Government, and petitions which have reached over 100,000 signatures which can be scheduled for debate once sittings in Westminster Hall.

Petitions with over 100,000 signatures

Fund research for childhood cancers with the worst survival rates
The Committee agreed to schedule a debate on this petition, once sittings in Westminster Hall have resumed.

Fern's Law: Compulsory to scan & check microchips to reunite stolen dogs, cats
The Committee agreed to schedule a debate on this petition, once sittings in Westminster Hall have resumed. Tom Hunt MP will lead this debate.

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

Do not enforce a compulsory quarantine on people arriving in the UK
The Committee agreed to request a revised response from the Government, which more directly responds to the petitioner's request.

Create an independent investigatory commission to help protect ethnic minorities
The Committee agreed to request a revised response from the Government, which more directly responds to the petitioner's request.

Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis
The Committee agreed to request a revised response from the Government, which more directly responds to the petitioner's request.

Extend the Gambling Act to cover Loot Boxes
The Committee noted the Government's response.

Call for the UK government to formally recognise the State of Palestine
The Committee noted the Government's response.

Let the whole UK elect the London Mayor; a position of growing national interest
The Committee noted the Government's response.

Make cannabis legal for recreational use for ages 21
The Committee noted the Government's response.

Revised Government responses

Ban non-stun slaughter in the UK
The Committed noted the Government's revised response, and agreed that it should be published.

Correspondence relating to e-petition 310515

The Committee agreed to publish correspondence relating to Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's.

Public petitions

Future of the aviation and aerospace industry (presented by Gavin Newlands MP)
Establishment of a Food Standards Commission (presented by David Linden MP)
Conduct of Mr Dominic Cummings during the COVID-19 pandemic (various petitions presented by Patricia Gibson MP, Alan Brown MP, David Linden MP and Gavin Newlands MP).