Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 14 May 2024
17 May 2024
On 14 May 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, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.
Petitions with over 100,000 signatures
1. Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 10 June 2024.
2. Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
Petitions with over 10,000 signatures
1. Record the number of bereaved children to ensure they are supported
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 17 June 2024.
2. Add content on death, dying and bereavement to the national curriculum
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 17 June 2024.
3. Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 24 June 2024.
4. Increase investment in Speech and Language Therapy
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on 1 July 2024.
5. Create a new body to regulate service charges for residential property
The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.
6. Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state
The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.
7. Make hedgehog surveys & mitigation measures compulsory for all new developments
The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.
8. Exempt all state pensions and benefits from income tax
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
9. Increase Carer’s Allowance to equal 35 hours at 50% of the living wage.
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
10. Call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
11. Allow Ofsted registered childminders to receive funding for related children
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
12. Fast track benefits as soon as someone is diagnosed as terminally ill
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
13. Enact legislation to make 'psychologist' a protected title
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
14. Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
Revised responses
1. Ban smartphones and camera phones for under 16s
The Committee agreed to accept the revised response to this petition.
Public petitions and observations
1. Bank closures in Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands)
2. Road safety at the junction of B671 from Elton village onto the A605
3. Barclays Bank closure in Suffolk (Dr Thérèse Coffey)
4. Sharlotte's Law (Jonathan Gullis)
5. Morecambe and Morgan Offshore Wind Farms project (Mark Menzies)
6. Proposed Mallard solar plant (Alicia Kearns)
The Committee noted these petitions and the Government observations to them.
Further information
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