Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 8 January 2019

The Committee considered all e-petitions which had reached over 100,000 signatures, and those over 10,000 signatures which had received a government response, by Friday 4 January. 

Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 15 January.

Petition debates

A debate relating to leaving the EU:

• Leave the EU without a deal in March 2019
• Leave the EU now
• Walk away now! We voted for a No Deal Brexit
• Grant a People's Vote if Parliament rejects the EU Withdrawal Agreement
• To have a second referendum on Britain leaving the EU
• STOP BREXIT
• Stop Brexit if Parliament rejects the deal 

The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That the House has considered e-petitions 229963, 221747 and 235185, relating to leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement, 232984 and 231461 relating to holding a further referendum on leaving the EU, and 226509 and 236261 relating to not leaving the EU” on Monday 14 January at 4.30pm.

Paul Scully MP, a member of the Committee, will open the debate.

Petitions with over 10,000 signatures which have received a government response

• NHS supply new lifesaving drugs for Cystic Fibrosis like 11 other EU countries

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• British National (Overseas) Citizens should be given full British Citizenship

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Ban the use of farrowing crates in the UK

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Leave the EU without a deal in March 2019

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Reverse changes to state pension age back to 65 for men and 60 for women

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Repeal the EU Copyright Directive, when the UK leaves the EU

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Ban face coverings in public

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Raise the Rate: increase the national funding rate for sixth form students

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Increase funding for schools

The Committee decided to write to the Government to ask for a more direct response to the petitioner's request.

• Grant a People's Vote if Parliament rejects the EU Withdrawal Agreement

The Committee decided to write to the Government to ask for a more direct response to the petitioner's request.

• Restrict the trade in, and private keeping of, dangerous wild animals

The Committee decided to write to the Government to ask for a more direct response to the petitioner's request.

• UK to refer Sri Lanka to ICC in March 2019

The Committee decided to write to the Government to ask for a more direct response to the petitioner's request.

• The UK should not agree the UN's Global Compact for Migration

The Committee decided not to schedule this petition for debate, as the Compact had been signed in December, and agreed by the Government in July. This means that the debate would not have an effect on the outcome.

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