Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 16 March 2021
16 March 2021
The Committee considered all e-petitions which had, before 11 March 2021, reached over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response. The Committee also considered petitions which had reached over 100,000 signatures, and agreed debates for a number of petitions with over 100,000 signatures that were awaiting debate.
Petitions with over 100,000 signatures
The Committee agreed to debate these petitions on 19 April 2021:
- Don’t criminalise trespass
- Improve Maternal Mortality Rates and Health Care for Black Women in the U.K.
The Committee agreed to consider this petition as part of its ongoing work on online harms, and schedule a debate at a later date:
Petitions with over 10,000 signatures
The Committee agreed to request a revised response from the Government:
The Committee noted the Government’s responses:
- Permanently reduce the Lifetime ISA (LISA) withdrawal penalty from 25% to 20%
- Reinstate the pre-2012 Overseas Domestic Worker visa with a route to settlement
- Increase the child benefit to £200 pounds monthly per child
- Review the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process
- Stop the rising number of ear-cropped dogs in the UK
- Extend the VAT at 5% for hospitality until at least March 2022
- Keep the £20pw Universal Credit lifeline and extend to those on legacy benefits
Revised Government Responses
The Committee agreed to accept the Government’s responses:
- Require local exam centres to accept home-educated students for public exams
- Open gyms first as we come out of lockdown & fund a Work Out to Help Out scheme
- Take back responsibility for funding free licences for over 75s from the BBC
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