Decisions of the Petitions Committee

• Petitions Committee

Petitions with over 100,000 signatures

1. Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
   The Committee agreed to consider scheduling this petition for debate at a later date.
   
   
2. Repeal the Coronavirus Act 2020
   The Committee agreed to consider scheduling this petition for debate at a later date.

Petitions with over 10,000 signatures

1. Place the UAE on the UK Travel Corridor list
   The Committee agreed to request a revised Government response.
   
   
2. Add Bulgaria to list of countries you can visit without quarantine upon return
   The Committee agreed to request a revised Government response.
   
   
3. Give British Basketball appropriate funding
   The Committee noted the Government’s response.
   
   
4. Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends
   The Committee noted the Government’s response.
   
   
5. HM Government to outline a plan to Save Future Travel
   The Committee noted the Government’s response.
   
   
6. All new drivers must have a black box and be limited to carrying one passenger
   The Committee noted the Government’s response.
   
   
7. Create a Minister for Hospitality in the UK Government
   The Committee noted the Government’s response.
   
   
8. We the British People Request a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
   The Committee noted the Government’s response.

Revised Government responses

1. Lockdown breaches by Government officials must be treated as Gross Misconduct
   The Committee agreed to accept the revised response.
   
   
2. Ban adverts for and sale of Asian elephant tours that do not meet set standards
   The Committee agreed to accept the revised response.

Public Petitions 

1. Nestle's relationship with Fairtrade (presented by Holly Lynch/Patrick Grady/Rachael Maskell/Jason McCartney)
2. Closure of gyms in Bradford due to COVID-19 (presented by Judith Cummings)
3. NHS parking charges (presented by Zarah Sultana)
4. Removing classification of prescription only medicine from injectable vitamin B12 (presented by Jane Hunt)
5. Restructuring of Warwickshire County Council (presented by Matt Western)
6. Railway station in Gamesley (presented by Robert Largan) 
7. Support for the travel industry (presented by Alan Brown)
8. Support for the travel industry (presented by David Linden)

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