Committees

Decisions of the Petitions Committee - 30 January 2024

31 January 2024

On 30 January the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.

Petitions with over 10,000 signatures 

  1. Require police carry tranquilizer guns and ban use of police firearms on animals

The Committee noted the response to this petition. 

  1. Require rear facing car seats for children under 18kg, 105cm tall or 4 years

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Create a statutory offence of manslaughter by coercive or controlling behaviour

The Committee noted the response to this petition. 

  1. Establish a Commission to investigate extortionate Car Insurance price rises

The Committee noted the response to this petition. 

  1. Introduce a Suicide Prevention Act to seek to minimise suicides

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Give more funding for thyroid research and patients after price hike

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

Revised responses 

  1. Remove local authority powers to introduce LTNs, CAZs, LEZs and ULEZs

The Committee agreed to accept the revised response to this petition.

Public petitions and observations 

  1. Opposition to parking charges in Audlem, Cheshire (Edward Timpson)
  2. Planning permission for telecommunication telegraph pole installation (Emma Hardy)
  3. Local Government Funding and Food Voucher Provision (Zarah Sultana)
  4. Proposed West of Ifield development (Henry Smith)
  5. On-call doctor provision at Westmorland General Hospital (Tim Farron)
  6. Ceasefire in Palestine (Anne McLaughlin)

The Committee noted these petitions and the Government observations to them.

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