Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 16 April 2024
18 April 2024
On 16 April 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, other petitions, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.
Petitions with over 100,000 signatures
1. Create a Palestinian Family Visa Scheme for Palestinian people affected by war
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 13 May 2024.
Petitions with over 10,000 signatures
1. Carry out an independent review into Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs)
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 20 May 2024.
2. Ban smartphones and camera phones for under 16s
The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.
3. Reduce Vehicle Tax for cars aged between 20 and 40 years old
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
4. Add a mobility element to Attendance Allowance
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
4. Allow people to stay in the UK if their employer’s sponsor license is withdrawn
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
5. Review how to turn MHRA into a fully transparent, patient first regulator
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
6. Fund breast cancer screening from the age of 40
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
7. Review the brightness of car headlights for safety
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
8. Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
9. Provide all pensioners born before April 1951 with the new State Pension
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
10. Hold a statutory public inquiry into Gender Identity Ideology and Queer Theory
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
11. Require all dogs to be on a lead when on public pavements
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
12. Allow those already in the UK switching to care visa to bring dependants
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
Other petitions
1. Exempt Blue Badge drivers from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 20 May 2024.
Public petitions and observations
1. Defence Equipment and Support site in Beith (Patricia Gibson)
2. Labour’s Clean Air Act (Afzal Khan)
3. Southall Crown Post Office (Mr Virendra Sharma)
4. Ceasefire and the state of Palestine (David Linden)
5. Ceasefire and the State of Palestine (Patrick Grady)
6. Ceasefire in Gaza (Afzal Khan)
7. Ceasefire in Palestine (Martyn Day)
8. Face to face banking services (Catherine West)
9. Morecambe Town Council (David Morris)
10. Standing charges on energy bills (Martyn Day)
The Committee noted these petitions and the Government observations to them.
Further information
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