Committees

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 8 April 2025

9 April 2025

On 8 April 2025 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. Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: fund training and facilities 

The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.

  1. Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"

The Committee agreed to request a revised response to this petition.

  1. Fund more CAR T Cell Therapy for eligible patients

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Allow motorcycles in bus lanes as default

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. We are petitioning for a National Referendum on Assisted Dying

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Ban large solar schemes on farmland/open countryside and promote solar on roofs

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Launch a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

The Committee noted the response to this petition.

  1. Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal

 The Committee noted the response to this petition.

 Public petitions and observations

  1. Chester-le-Street Post Office (Luke Akehurst)
  2. Proposed 24-hour Adult Gaming Centre: Whitby (Alison Hume)
  3. Communications infrastructure in Hazel Grove (Lisa Smart)
  4. Income threshold for partner and family visas (Imran Hussain)
  5. Kendal Post Office (Tim Farron)

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