Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 30 October 2024
4 November 2024
On 30 October 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 a date to be decided at a future meeting.
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.
3. For the United Kingdom to recognise the state of Palestine immediately
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
4. Immediately revoke all licences for arms exports to Israel
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
5. Require employers to offer career breaks for parents with a seriously ill child
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
6. Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
7. Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700
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 a date to be decided at a future meeting.
2. Add content on death, dying and bereavement to the national curriculum
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
3. Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
4. Increase investment in Speech and Language Therapy
The Committee agreed to debate this petition on a date to be decided at a future meeting.
5.Revoke citizenship/benefits from anyone who supports or has supported terrorism
The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.
6.Ban domestic flights on routes that can be travelled by train in under 4.5 hours
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
7.Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
8. Increase funding for treatment and research into endometriosis
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
9. Evacuate children from Rafah, Gaza to a place of safety in the UK
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
10. Reclassify general aviation airfields as greenfield not brownfield sites
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
11. Remove powers to vary income tax rates from the Scottish Parliament
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
12. Legislate against any form of Digital ID
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
13. Reinstate Martial Arts as one of the approved activities for GCSE PE
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
14. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Sikh massacres
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
15. Raise Motorway Speed Limits to 100mph and Dual Carriageways to 80mph
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
16. Hold a Public Inquiry into state pension age changes for women
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
17. Review rules relating to blue badges for children under three
The Committee noted the response to this petition.
Public petitions and observations
1. Recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry (Christine Jardine)
2. Sentencing and illegal knife possession (Matt Hancock, then MP for West Suffolk)
3. UNRWA funding (Martyn Day, then MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
4. Youth Mobility Scheme (Martyn Day, then MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
5. Water booster proposals in Buckland (Rob Butler)
6. Protection of the Amazon rainforest (Martyn Day, then MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
7. Protection of the Amazon rainforest (Martyn Day, then MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
8. Popular uprising in Iran (Caroline Nokes)
9. Leonard's Catholic School (Mary Kelly Foy)
10. Title Recognition of Peter McLagan MP (Martyn Day,then MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
11. Dental health care (Rachael Maskell)
12. Mill Field Housing Development proposals in Market Deeping (Sir John Hayes)
13. Portishead railway branch line (Sadik Al-Hassan)
14. Proposals for the A21 level crossing at Robertsbridge (Helena Dollimore)
15. Water bills in Lancaster and Wyre (Cat Smith)
16. Helme Chase Maternity Unit (Tim Farron)
17. The Darwin Oak (Julia Buckley)
18. Closure of High Lane Post Office (Lisa Smart)
The Committee noted these petitions and the Government observations to them.
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