Committees

Decisions of the Petitions Committee

17 September 2020

On 15 September the Committee considered all e-petitions which had, before 10 September 2020, reached over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, or had received a revised response. The Committee also considered petitions which have reached over 100,000 signatures, and public petitions.

Petitions with over 100,000 signatures

The Committee agreed to consider petitions that have reached the threshold to be considered for debate its next meeting.

  1. The UK should ban the importation of Shark Fins
    The Committee agreed to schedule a debate on this petition once sittings in Westminster Hall have resumed.

  2. No prosecution for parents that remove child from school during a pandemic
    The Committee agreed to schedule a debate on this petition once sittings in Westminster Hall have resumed.

  3. Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19
    The Committee agreed to schedule a debate on this petition once sittings in Westminster Hall have resumed.

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

  1. Fund research into improving the safety of contraceptive options
    The Committee agreed to request a revised response from the Government, which directly addresses the request in the petition.

  2. Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

  3. Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

  4. Extend theory expiry dates due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

  5. Allow the return of spectators to football at all levels below national league
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

  6. Include Sickle Cell Anemia in the List of Illnesses Eligible for a MedEx Card
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

  7. Call for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade on the people of Gaza
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

  8. Fund research into improving the safety of contraceptive options
    The Committee noted the Government’s response.

Revised Government responses

  1. Pay bonus to all key workers
    The Committed noted the Government's revised response, and agreed that it should be published.

  2. Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis
    The Committed noted the Government's revised response, and agreed that it should be published.

Public petitions

  1. Merger of Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (petitions presented by David Linden and Patricia Gibson)

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